Giant nonlinear response of terahertz nanoresonators on VO2 thin film

Opt Express. 2010 Aug 2;18(16):16452-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.016452.

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: DeltaT/T approximately -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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Scattering, Radiation*
  • Terahertz Radiation*
  • Vanadium Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Vanadium Compounds