亚波长周期性结构金属薄膜中二阶非线性效应的分析.pdfVIP

MODELING OF ENHANCED SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION WITH PHASE-MATCHING IN PERIODIC SUBWAVELENGTH STRUCTURE METAL FILM ABSTRACT The recent observation of enhanced optical transmission through a periodic array of subwavelength apertures in a metal film has elicited significant interest both because it represents a novel phenomenon and because it raises the prospect of a range of new applications. It is generally agreed that the phenomenon results form a resonance involving surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) supported by the periodic structure. This kind of structure offers a series of novel features, such as direct excitation of localized resonant modes on the patterned metal film surface by free-space optical modes, large enhancement in the transmitted optical energy with the radiating region is mainly confined to an area with lateral dimensions comparable to the wavelength of the light and small angular divergence o (approximately 3 ) of the transmitted beam with controllable directionality. Accordingly, many nonlinear processes including optical second-harmonic generation (SHG) may benefit greatly from this type of structure. Recently, an ~104 increase in conversion efficiency for SHG from a periodically nanostructured metal structure consisting of a single subwavelength aperture in a thin silver film surrounded by a set of concentric surface grooves was reported. That phenomenon was explained by the concentration of the fundamental radiation in the vicinity of the aperture, which leads to enhancement of the fundamental light transmitted through the aperture as well as significantly more SH radiation being generated. Although