Scattering matrix for chiral harmonic generation and frequency mixing in nonlinear metasurfaces

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Autori principali: Koshelev, Kirill, Toftul, Ivan, Hwang, Yongsop, Kivshar, Yuri
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author Koshelev, Kirill
Toftul, Ivan
Hwang, Yongsop
Kivshar, Yuri
author_facet Koshelev, Kirill
Toftul, Ivan
Hwang, Yongsop
Kivshar, Yuri
contents We generalize the concept of optical scattering matrix ($S$-matrix) to characterize harmonic generation and frequency mixing in planar metasurfaces in the limit of undepleted pump approximation. We show that the symmetry properties of such nonlinear $S$-matrix are determined by the microscopic and macroscopic symmetries of the metasurface. We demonstrate that for description of degenerate frequency mixing processes such as optical harmonic generation, the multidimensional $S$-matrix can be replaced with a reduced two-dimensional $S$-matrix. We show that for metasurfaces possessing specific point group symmetries, the selection rules determining the transformation of the reduced nonlinear $S$-matrix are simplified substantially and can be expressed in a compact form. We apply the developed approach to analyse chiral harmonic generation in nonlinear metasurfaces with various symmetries including rotational, in-plane mirror, and out-of-plane mirror symmetries. For each of those symmetries, we confirm the results of the developed analysis by full-wave numerical calculations. We believe our results provide a new paradigm for engineering nonlinear optical properties of metasurfaces which may find applications in active and nonlinear optics, biosensing, and quantum information processing.
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spellingShingle Scattering matrix for chiral harmonic generation and frequency mixing in nonlinear metasurfaces
Koshelev, Kirill
Toftul, Ivan
Hwang, Yongsop
Kivshar, Yuri
Optics
Applied Physics
We generalize the concept of optical scattering matrix ($S$-matrix) to characterize harmonic generation and frequency mixing in planar metasurfaces in the limit of undepleted pump approximation. We show that the symmetry properties of such nonlinear $S$-matrix are determined by the microscopic and macroscopic symmetries of the metasurface. We demonstrate that for description of degenerate frequency mixing processes such as optical harmonic generation, the multidimensional $S$-matrix can be replaced with a reduced two-dimensional $S$-matrix. We show that for metasurfaces possessing specific point group symmetries, the selection rules determining the transformation of the reduced nonlinear $S$-matrix are simplified substantially and can be expressed in a compact form. We apply the developed approach to analyse chiral harmonic generation in nonlinear metasurfaces with various symmetries including rotational, in-plane mirror, and out-of-plane mirror symmetries. For each of those symmetries, we confirm the results of the developed analysis by full-wave numerical calculations. We believe our results provide a new paradigm for engineering nonlinear optical properties of metasurfaces which may find applications in active and nonlinear optics, biosensing, and quantum information processing.
title Scattering matrix for chiral harmonic generation and frequency mixing in nonlinear metasurfaces
topic Optics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03686