Broad Frequency Shift of Parametric Processes in Epsilon-Near-Zero Time-Varying Media

Bruno, Vincenzo; Vezzoli, Stefano; DeVault, Clayton; Carnemolla, Enrico; Ferrera, Marcello; Boltasseva, Alexandra; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Faccio, Daniele; Clerici, Matteo

doi:10.3390/app10041318

Broad Frequency Shift of Parametric Processes in Epsilon-Near-Zero Time-Varying Media

Journal Article · Fri Feb 14 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Applied Sciences

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/app10041318· OSTI ID:1803151

^[1]; Vezzoli, Stefano ^[2]; DeVault, Clayton ^[3]; Carnemolla, Enrico ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[6]; ^[7]

Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy; OSTI
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). The Blackett Laboratory, Dept. of Physics
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Inst. and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh (United Kingdom). Inst. of Photonics and Quantum Sciences
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh (United Kingdom). Inst. of Photonics and Quantum Sciences
Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). School of Engineering

The ultrafast changes of material properties induced by short laser pulses can lead to a frequency shift of reflected and transmitted radiation. Recent reports highlight how such a frequency shift is enhanced in spectral regions where the material features a near-zero real part of the permittivity. Here, we investigate the frequency shift for fields generated by four-wave mixing. In our experiment, we observed a frequency shift of more than 60 nm (compared to the pulse width of ~40 nm) in the phase conjugated radiation generated by a 500 nm aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) film pumped close to the epsilon-near-zero wavelength. Our results indicate applications of time-varying media for nonlinear optics and frequency conversion.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017717

OSTI ID:: 1803151

Journal Information:: Applied Sciences, Journal Name: Applied Sciences Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 10; ISSN ASPCC7; ISSN 2076-3417

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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