Transient Second-Order Nonlinear Media: Breaking the Spatial Symmetry in the Time Domain via Hot-Electron Transfer

Taghinejad, Mohammad; Xu, Zihao; Lee, Kyu-Tae; Lian, Tianquan; Cai, Wenshan

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.013901

Title: Transient Second-Order Nonlinear Media: Breaking the Spatial Symmetry in the Time Domain via Hot-Electron Transfer

Journal Article · 01 January 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.013901 · OSTI ID:1801887

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Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); OSTI
Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

Second-order optical effects are essential to the active control of light and the generation of new spectral components. The inversion symmetry, however, prevents achieving a bulk $$χ^{(2)}$$ response, limiting the portfolio of the second-order nonlinear materials. Here, we demonstrate subpicosecond conversion of a statically passive dielectric to a transient second-order nonlinear medium upon the ultrafast transfer of hot electrons. Induced by an optical switching signal, the amorphous dielectric with vanishing intrinsic $$χ^{(2)}$$ develops dynamically tunable second-order nonlinear responses. By taking the second-harmonic generation as an example, we show that breaking the inversion symmetry through hot-electron dynamics can be leveraged to address the critical need for all-optical control of second-order nonlinearities in nanophotonics. We report our approach can be generically adopted in a variety of material and device platforms, offering a new class of complex nonlinear media with promising potentials for all-optical information processing.

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Research Organization:: Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008798

OSTI ID:: 1801887

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 124; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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