表面等离激元增强的光和物质相互作用

表面等离激元近年来受到了广泛的关注.得益于表面等离激元的强局域约束作用,光场和能量被限制在亚波长尺度上,因而各种光和物质相互作用可得到显著的增强.表面等离激元的特性与材料、形貌、结构密切相关,相应的共振波长可覆盖紫外、可见光、近红外到远红外的光谱波段.由于表面等离激元的强局域电场,光与物质的相互作用,如荧光、拉曼散射、非线性光学、光热转换、光-声效应、催化、光伏转换等,都得以显著增强.本文简要回顾了表面等离激元的物理特性,具体讨论了各种基于表面等离激元增强的光和物质相互作用机理及相关应用,并探讨了存在的问题和进一步发展的方向.本文旨在为构造更高性能的表面等离激元器件,发展相关技术,进一步拓展表面等离激元的应用领域提供有益的参考.     

Phase-matched second-harmonic generation in hybrid polymer-LN waveguides

Here we propose a hybrid polymer-LN waveguide for achieving phase-matched second-harmonic generation (SHG). From the aspect of super-mode theory, the geometric parameters of the hybrid semi-nonlinear waveguide were optimized to utilize both symmetric (even) and antisymmetric (odd) modes of the pump and SHG waves so as to facilitate phase matching with large modal overlap. Phase matching between a fundamental even (TE₀₀-like) mode at 1320 nm and a fundamental odd (TE₀₁-like) mode at 660 nm was found with a calculated modal overlap integral of 0.299, while utilizing the largest nonlinear coefficient d₃₃, and achieving an efficient calculated normalized conversion efficiency of 148% W^-1·cm^-2. Considering the fabrication feasibility of such hybrid waveguide with features including etchless, large dimension, and low structural sensitivity, we believe our findings would provide a useful reference for future on-chip efficient nonlinear conversion devices.