Issue 11, 2016

Second harmonic generation from gold meta-molecules with three-fold symmetry

Abstract

The unique optical properties of arrays of metallic nanoparticles are of great interest for many applications such as in optical data storage, sensing applications, optoelectronic devices or as platforms to increase the detection limit in spectroscopic measurements. Nonlinear optical phenomena can also be altered by metallic nanostructures opening new possible applications. In this work, arrays composed of non-centrosymmetric individual structures with three fold axial symmetry made of gold are designed and fabricated using electron beam lithography. The nonlinear optical properties of these structures are investigated using second-harmonic generation microscopy (SHGM) with a femtosecond excitation source set near the plasmon resonance frequency. Modeling of the electromagnetic field distribution around the metallic structures is performed using the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, highlighting the confinement of the SHG signal and its polarization dependence. Polarization-resolved measurements are conducted to correlate the SHG signal with the structure and symmetry of the individual nanostructures. Since both two-photon induced photoluminescence (TPPL) and SHG signals are produced upon excitation of these structures, lifetime measurements are performed to further evaluate the magnitude of these two effects.

Graphical abstract: Second harmonic generation from gold meta-molecules with three-fold symmetry

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jan 2016
Accepted
12 Feb 2016
First published
12 Feb 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 7956-7965

Second harmonic generation from gold meta-molecules with three-fold symmetry

R. Hou, V. Shynkar, C. Lafargue, R. Kolkowski, J. Zyss and F. Lagugné-Labarthet, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 7956 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00154H

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