Theory of nonlinear polaritonics: χ(2) scattering on a β-SiC surface
Theory of nonlinear polaritonics: χ(2) scattering on a β-SiC surface
In this article we provide a practical prescription to harness the rigorous microscopic, quantum-level descriptions of sub-wavelength light-matter systems provided by real-space Hopfield diagonalisation for quantum description of nonlinear scattering. A general frame to describe the practically important second-order optical nonlinearities which underpin sum and difference frequency generation is developed for arbitrarily inhomogeneous dielectric environments. Specific attention is then focussed on planar systems with optical nonlinearity mediated by a polar dielectric β-SiC halfspace. In this system we calculate the rate of second harmonic generation and the result is compared to recent experimental measurements. Furthermore the rate of difference frequency generation of subdiffraction surface phonon polaritons on the β-SiC halfspace by two plane waves is calculated. The developed theory is easily integrated with commercial finite element solvers, opening the way for calculation of second-order nonlinear scattering coefficients in complex geometries which lack analytical linear solutions.
Polaritonics, Surface Phonon Polariton, Quantum
Gubbin, Christopher
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De Liberato, Simone
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Gubbin, Christopher
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De Liberato, Simone
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Gubbin, Christopher and De Liberato, Simone
(2017)
Theory of nonlinear polaritonics: χ(2) scattering on a β-SiC surface.
ACS Photonics.
(doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00020).
Abstract
In this article we provide a practical prescription to harness the rigorous microscopic, quantum-level descriptions of sub-wavelength light-matter systems provided by real-space Hopfield diagonalisation for quantum description of nonlinear scattering. A general frame to describe the practically important second-order optical nonlinearities which underpin sum and difference frequency generation is developed for arbitrarily inhomogeneous dielectric environments. Specific attention is then focussed on planar systems with optical nonlinearity mediated by a polar dielectric β-SiC halfspace. In this system we calculate the rate of second harmonic generation and the result is compared to recent experimental measurements. Furthermore the rate of difference frequency generation of subdiffraction surface phonon polaritons on the β-SiC halfspace by two plane waves is calculated. The developed theory is easily integrated with commercial finite element solvers, opening the way for calculation of second-order nonlinear scattering coefficients in complex geometries which lack analytical linear solutions.
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1701.06729
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 March 2017
Keywords:
Polaritonics, Surface Phonon Polariton, Quantum
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Quantum, Light & Matter Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406919
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