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Main Authors: Huang, Xin, Lin, Qi, Xia, Sheng-Xuan, Zhai, Xiang, Liu, Gui-Dong
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14514
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author Huang, Xin
Lin, Qi
Xia, Sheng-Xuan
Zhai, Xiang
Liu, Gui-Dong
author_facet Huang, Xin
Lin, Qi
Xia, Sheng-Xuan
Zhai, Xiang
Liu, Gui-Dong
contents Improving the conversion efficiency is critical for advancing nonlinear photonic devices, enabling applications in ultrafast optics, quantum light sources, and high-resolution imaging. Herein, we present a bilayer waveguide integrated with a periodic square nanocube array to enhance third-harmonic generation (THG) efficiency. This structure achieves strong coupling between TE- and TM-polarized quasi-guided mode (QGM) resonances, thereby enabling simultaneous dynamic control of both resonant Q-factor and coupling strength through incident polarization angle. The distinct avoided crossing observed in both reflection spectra and eigenfrequency diagrams indicates the strong coupling regime. This mechanism, facilitated by the inter-mode energy exchange within the hybridized system, results in an enhancement of Q-factor by two orders of magnitude when compared to conventional guided-mode resonances. Simulation results verify an unprecedented maximum Q-factor of 10^12 for the upper-branch mode. Leveraging strong-coupling-induced field enhancement, the system attains THG conversion efficiency of order 10^-2, demonstrating unprecedented nonlinear performance.
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spellingShingle Efficient Third-Harmonic Generation via Strong Coupling of Quasi-Guided Modes
Huang, Xin
Lin, Qi
Xia, Sheng-Xuan
Zhai, Xiang
Liu, Gui-Dong
Optics
78A46, 65Z05
I.4.5; I.4.0
Improving the conversion efficiency is critical for advancing nonlinear photonic devices, enabling applications in ultrafast optics, quantum light sources, and high-resolution imaging. Herein, we present a bilayer waveguide integrated with a periodic square nanocube array to enhance third-harmonic generation (THG) efficiency. This structure achieves strong coupling between TE- and TM-polarized quasi-guided mode (QGM) resonances, thereby enabling simultaneous dynamic control of both resonant Q-factor and coupling strength through incident polarization angle. The distinct avoided crossing observed in both reflection spectra and eigenfrequency diagrams indicates the strong coupling regime. This mechanism, facilitated by the inter-mode energy exchange within the hybridized system, results in an enhancement of Q-factor by two orders of magnitude when compared to conventional guided-mode resonances. Simulation results verify an unprecedented maximum Q-factor of 10^12 for the upper-branch mode. Leveraging strong-coupling-induced field enhancement, the system attains THG conversion efficiency of order 10^-2, demonstrating unprecedented nonlinear performance.
title Efficient Third-Harmonic Generation via Strong Coupling of Quasi-Guided Modes
topic Optics
78A46, 65Z05
I.4.5; I.4.0
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14514