Giant nonlinear response of terahertz nanoresonators on Vo2 thin film

  • Jisoo Kyoung
  • , Minah Seo
  • , Hyeongryeol Park
  • , Sukmo Koo
  • , Hyun Sun Kim
  • , Youngmi Park
  • , Bong Jun Kim
  • , Kwangjun Ahn
  • , Namkyoo Park
  • , Hyun Tak Kim
  • , Dai Sik Kim

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Abstract

We report on an order of magnitude enhanced nonlinear response of vanadium dioxide thin film patterned with nanoresonators - nano slot antennas fabricated on the gold film. Transmission of terahertz radiation, little affected by an optical pumping for the case of bulk thin film, can now be completely switched-off: ΔT/T≈-0.9999 by the same optical pumping power. This unprecedentedly large optical pump-terahertz probe nonlinearity originates from the insulator-to-metal phase transition drastically reducing the antenna cross sections of the nanoresonators. Our scheme enables nanoscale-thin film technology to be used for all-optical switching of long wavelength light.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)16452-16459
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume18
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2 2010
Externally publishedYes

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