Second-Order Nonlinear Circular Dichroism in Square Lattice Array of Germanium Nanohelices
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| author | Saerens, Grégoire Ellrott, Günter Pashina, Olesia Deriy, Ilya Krstić, Vojislav Petrov, Mihail Chekhova, Maria Grange, Rachel |
| author_facet | Saerens, Grégoire Ellrott, Günter Pashina, Olesia Deriy, Ilya Krstić, Vojislav Petrov, Mihail Chekhova, Maria Grange, Rachel |
| contents | Second harmonic generation (SHG) is prohibited in centrosymmetric crystals such as silicon or germanium due to the presence of inversion symmetry. However, the structuring of such materials makes it possible to break the inversion symmetry, thus achieving generation of second-harmonic. Moreover, various symmetry properties of the resulting structure, such as chirality, also influence the SHG. In this work we investigate second harmonic generation from an array of nanohelices made of germanium. The intensity of the second harmonic displayed a remarkable enhancement of over 100 times compared to a non-structured Ge thin film, revealing the influence of interaction between nanohelices. In particular, nonlinear circular dichroism, characterized through the SHG anisotropy factor g, changed its sign not only with the helix handedness, but with its density as well. We believe that our discoveries will open up new paths for the development of nonlinear photonics based on metamaterials and metasurfaces made of centrosymmetric materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Second-Order Nonlinear Circular Dichroism in Square Lattice Array of Germanium Nanohelices Saerens, Grégoire Ellrott, Günter Pashina, Olesia Deriy, Ilya Krstić, Vojislav Petrov, Mihail Chekhova, Maria Grange, Rachel Optics Second harmonic generation (SHG) is prohibited in centrosymmetric crystals such as silicon or germanium due to the presence of inversion symmetry. However, the structuring of such materials makes it possible to break the inversion symmetry, thus achieving generation of second-harmonic. Moreover, various symmetry properties of the resulting structure, such as chirality, also influence the SHG. In this work we investigate second harmonic generation from an array of nanohelices made of germanium. The intensity of the second harmonic displayed a remarkable enhancement of over 100 times compared to a non-structured Ge thin film, revealing the influence of interaction between nanohelices. In particular, nonlinear circular dichroism, characterized through the SHG anisotropy factor g, changed its sign not only with the helix handedness, but with its density as well. We believe that our discoveries will open up new paths for the development of nonlinear photonics based on metamaterials and metasurfaces made of centrosymmetric materials. |
| title | Second-Order Nonlinear Circular Dichroism in Square Lattice Array of Germanium Nanohelices |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04372 |