High-efficiency broadband second harmonic generation in single hexagonal GaAs nanowire

Abstract In this paper, we investigate second harmonic generation in a single hexagonal GaAs nanowire. An excellent frequency converter based on this nanowire excited using a femtosecond laser is demonstrated to operate over a range from 730 nm to 1960 nm, which is wider than previously reported ran...

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Autores principales: Jing Wang, Ying Yu, Yu-Ming Wei, Shun-Fa Liu, Juntao Li, Zhang-Kai Zhou, Zhi-Chuan Niu, Si-Yuan Yu, Xue-Hua Wang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/640199f8b502482da2fdc132952bf089
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Sumario:Abstract In this paper, we investigate second harmonic generation in a single hexagonal GaAs nanowire. An excellent frequency converter based on this nanowire excited using a femtosecond laser is demonstrated to operate over a range from 730 nm to 1960 nm, which is wider than previously reported ranges for nanowires in the literature. The converter always operates with a high conversion efficiency of ~10−5 W−1 which is ~103 times higher than that obtained from the surface of bulk GaAs. This nanoscale nolinear optical converter that simultaneously owns high efficiency and broad bandwidth may open a new way for application in imaging, bio-sensing and on-chip all-optical signal processing operations.