Highly efficient, broadband coherent surface-mixing-wave generation using amplified surface plasmonic polaritons

Published

May 21, 2014

Author(s)

C. J. Zhu, X Zhao, Guoxiang Huang, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Yan Ren

Abstract

We show that coherent broadband surface mixing-wave (SMW) by a hyper-Raman process can be efficiently generated near a metallic surface abutting a quasi-three-level gain medium. The generation process is significantly enhanced by the amplified surface plasmonic polaritons (SPPs) in the gain layer, resulting in rapid growth of both fields. The highly efficient and directional amplified SPP and hyper-Raman SMW may facilitate engineering applications in which amplified- SPP propagation is desirable.

Citation

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

104

Issue

(20)

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

surface mixing wave, surface plasmonic wave, nanotechnology

Citation

Zhu, C. , Zhao, X. , Huang, G. , Deng, L. , Hagley, E. and Ren, Y. (2014), Highly efficient, broadband coherent surface-mixing-wave generation using amplified surface plasmonic polaritons, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878406 (Accessed October 9, 2025)