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ACS PHOTONICS
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 3419-3425出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00924
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lithium niobate; THz generation; optical rectification; THz phonons; phonon-polaritons; localized surfacephonon-polaritons
We investigated the nonlinear THz generation from lithium niobate films and crystals of different thicknesses. The results show a significant enhancement in the nonlinear response compared to optical frequencies. This enhancement is attributed to specific optical phonon modes and is most pronounced in films thinner than 2 μm. These findings are important for the development of broadband THz emitters and detectors as well as the control of optical-to-THz conversion in nanophotonic structures.
We investigate nonlinear THz generation from lithium niobate films and crystals of different thicknesses by optical rectification of near-infrared femtosecond pulses. A comparison between numerical studies and polarization-resolved measurements of the generated THz signal reveals a 2 orders of magnitude enhancement in the nonlinear response compared to optical frequencies. We show that this enhancement is due to optical phonon modes at 4.5 and 7.45 THz and is most pronounced for films thinner than 2 mu m where optical-to-THz conversion is not limited by self-absorption. These results shed new light on the employment of thin film lithium niobate platforms for the development of new integrated broadband THz emitters and detectors. This may also open the door for further control (e.g., polarization, directivity, and spectral selectivity) of the process in nanophotonic structures, such as nanowires and metasurfaces, realized in the thin film platform. We illustrate this potential by numerically investigating optical-to-THz conversion driven by localized surface phonon-polariton resonances in sub-wavelength lithium niobate rods.
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