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    • Electrodynamics of conductive oxides: intensity-dependent anisotropy, reconstruction of the effective dielectric constant, and harmonic generation 

      Scalora, Michael; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Ceglia, Domenico de; Vincenti, M. A.; Akozbek, Neset; Coppens, Zachary; Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Cojocaru, Crina (2020-05-13)
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      We study electromagnetic pulse propagation in an indium tin oxide nanolayer in the linear and nonlinear regimes. We use the constitutive relations to reconstruct the effective dielectric constant of the medium, and show ...
    • Harmonic generation from gold nanolayers: bound and hot electron contributions 

      Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Cojocaru, Crina; Akozbek, Neset; Ceglia, Domenico de; Vincenti, M. A.; Scalora, Michael (International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2021)
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      Currently, nanostructures are routinely fabricated and integrated in different photonic devices for a variety of purposes and applications. For instance, in order to engineer properly nano-antennas or filters, it is important ...
    • Harmonic generation from gold nanolayers: bound and hot electron contributions to nonlinear dispersion 

      Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Cojocaru, Crina; Akozbek, Neset; Ceglia, Domenico de; Vincenti, M. A.; Scalora, Michael (2021-03-15)
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      Understanding how light interacts with matter at the nanoscale is pivotal if one is to properly engineer nano-antennas, filters and other devices whose geometrical features approach atomic size. We report experimental ...
    • Harmonic generation from metal-oxide and metal-metal boundaries 

      Escalora, M.; Vincenti, M. A.; de Ceglia, Domenico; Akozbek, Neset; Bloemer, M. J.; De Angelis, C.; Haus, J.W.; Vilaseca Alavedra, Ramon; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Cojocaru, Crina (American Physical Society (APS), 2018-08-20)
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      We explore the outcomes of detailed microscopic models by calculating second- and third-harmonic generation from thin-film surfaces with discontinuous free-electron densities. These circumstances can occur in structures ...
    • Harmonic generation in metallic, GaAs-filled nanocavities in the enhanced transmission regime at visible and UV wavelengths 

      Vincenti, M. A.; de Ceglia, D.; Roppo, Vito; Scalora, M. (2011-01-19)
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      We have conducted a theoretical study of harmonic generation from a silver grating having slits filled with GaAs. By working in the enhanced transmission regime, and by exploiting phase-locking between the pump and its ...
    • Nonlinear duffing oscillator model for third harmonic generation 

      Scalora, Michael; Vincenti, M. A.; Ceglia, Domenico de; Cojocaru, Crina; Grande, Manuel; Haus, J.W. (2015-10-01)
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      We employ a classical, nonlinear Lorentz-Duffing oscillator model to predict third harmonic conversion efficiencies in the ultrafast regime, from a variety of metal nanostructures, including smooth, isolated metal layers, ...
    • Resonant, broadband, and highly efficient optical frequency conversion in semiconductor nanowire gratings at visible and UV wavelengths 

      Escalora, M.; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Cojocaru, Crina; Vincenti, M. A.; Carletti, Luca; Ceglia, Domenico de; Akozbek, Neset; De Angelis, C. (2019-08-01)
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      Using a hydrodynamic approach, we examine bulk- and surface-induced second- and third-harmonic generationfrom semiconductor nanowire gratings having a resonant nonlinearity in the absorption region. We demonstrateresonant, ...
    • Retrieving linear and nonlinear optical dispersions of matter: combined experiment-numerical ellipsometry in silicon, gold and indium tin oxide 

      Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Akozbek, Neset; Ceglia, Domenico de; Vincenti, M. A.; Scalora, Michael; Cojocaru, Crina (2021-09-17)
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      We have presented a combined experimental and numerical method that can be used to predict complex nonlinear dispersion curves in almost any material, based exclusively on the experimental determination of harmonic generation ...
    • Second and third harmonic generation from gold nanolayers: experiment versus theory 

      Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco; Akozbek, Neset; Ceglia, Domenico de; Vincenti, M. A.; Scalora, Michael; Cojocaru, Crina (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021)
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      The use of semiconductors, metals, or ordinary dielectrics in the process of fabrication of nanodevices is at the front edge of nowadays technology, exploiting the properties of light propagation and localization at ...
    • Third harmonic generation at 223 nm in the metallic regime of GaP 

      Roppo, Vito; Foreman, John V.; Akozbek, N; Vincenti, M. A.; Scalora, M. (2011-03-14)
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      We demonstrate second and third harmonic generation from a GaP substrate 500 μm thick. The second harmonic field is tuned at the absorption resonance at 335 nm, and the third harmonic signal is tuned at 223 nm, in a range ...
    • Three orders of magnitude enhancement of second and third harmonic generation in the visible and ultraviolet ranges from plasmonic gold nanogratings 

      Mukhopadhyay, Shroddha; Rodríguez Suñé, Laura; Cojocaru, Crina; Vincenti, M. A.; Anson Hallman, Kent; Leo, Giuseppe; Belchovski, Metodi; Ceglia, Domenico de; Scalora, Michael; Trull Silvestre, José Francisco (2023-04-07)
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      We report experimental observations and numerical simulations of second and third harmonic generation from a gold nanograting, which exhibits a plasmonic resonance in the near infrared. The resonance is tunable, with a ...