Toy model of harmonic and sum frequency generation in 2D dielectric nanostructures
Toy model of harmonic and sum frequency generation in 2D dielectric nanostructures
Optical nonlinearities of matter are often associated with the response of individual atoms. Here, using a toy oscillator model, we show that in the confined geometry of a two-dimensional dielectric nanoparticle a collective nonlinear response of the atomic array can arise from the Coulomb interactions of the bound optical electrons, even if the individual atoms exhibit no nonlinearity. We determine the multipole contributions to the nonlinear response of nanoparticles and demonstrate that the odd order and even order nonlinear electric dipole moments scale with the area and perimeter of the nanoparticle, respectively.
Coulomb force, Lorentz oscillator, harmonic generation and mixing, nanoparticles, nonlinear optics
Xu, Jie
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Savinov, Vassili
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Plum, Eric
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11 October 2021
Xu, Jie
9221b478-b998-445a-8719-67f535043748
Savinov, Vassili
147c7954-4636-4438-a305-cd78539f7c0a
Plum, Eric
50761a26-2982-40df-9153-7aecc4226eb5
Xu, Jie, Savinov, Vassili and Plum, Eric
(2021)
Toy model of harmonic and sum frequency generation in 2D dielectric nanostructures.
Scientific Reports, 11 (1), [20120].
(doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99567-4).
Abstract
Optical nonlinearities of matter are often associated with the response of individual atoms. Here, using a toy oscillator model, we show that in the confined geometry of a two-dimensional dielectric nanoparticle a collective nonlinear response of the atomic array can arise from the Coulomb interactions of the bound optical electrons, even if the individual atoms exhibit no nonlinearity. We determine the multipole contributions to the nonlinear response of nanoparticles and demonstrate that the odd order and even order nonlinear electric dipole moments scale with the area and perimeter of the nanoparticle, respectively.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 September 2021
Published date: 11 October 2021
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The authors thank Nikolay Zheludev for helpful advice. This work is supported by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grants EP/M009122/1 and EP/T02643X/1), and the China Scholarship Council (CSC No.201706310145).
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Coulomb force, Lorentz oscillator, harmonic generation and mixing, nanoparticles, nonlinear optics
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Local EPrints ID: 453085
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/453085
ISSN: 2045-2322
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