Second-harmonic generation at angular incidence in a negative-positive index photonic band-gap structure

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Giuseppe D'Aguanno,¹ Nadia Mattiucci,² Michael Scalora,¹ and Mark J. Bloemer¹
¹Charles M. Bowden Research Center, RDECOM Building 7804, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, USA
²Time Domain Corporation, Cummings Research Park, 7057 Old Madison Pike Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA

Received 9 May 2006; revised 14 July 2006; published 23 August 2006

Inthe spectral region where the refractive index of the negativeindex material is approximately zero, at oblique incidence, the lineartransmission of a finite structure composed of alternating layers ofnegative and positive index materials manifests the formation of anew type of band gap with exceptionally narrow band-edge resonances.In particular, for TM-polarized (transverse magnetic) incident waves, field valuesthat can be achieved at the band edge may bemuch higher compared to field values achievable in standard photonicband-gap structures. We exploit the unique properties of these band-edgeresonances for applications to nonlinear frequency conversion, second-harmonic generation, inparticular. The simultaneous availability of high field localization and phasematching conditions may be exploited to achieve second-harmonic conversion efficienciesfar better than those achievable in conventional photonic band-gap structures.Moreover, we study the role played by absorption within thenegative index material, and find that the process remains efficienteven for relatively high values of the absorption coefficient.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.026608
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevE.74.026608
PACS:	42.65.-k 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS:	photonic band gap, optical harmonic generation, photonic crystals, refractive index

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