Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain
Abstract In this paper, we theoretically study the enhancement of third-harmonic generation in a plasmonic structure composed of an array of trilayer graphene ribbons sandwiched between two $$CaF_{2}$$ C a F 2 layers. In fact, we suggest a new method for more enhancement of nonlinearity in plasmonic...
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| description | Abstract In this paper, we theoretically study the enhancement of third-harmonic generation in a plasmonic structure composed of an array of trilayer graphene ribbons sandwiched between two $$CaF_{2}$$ C a F 2 layers. In fact, we suggest a new method for more enhancement of nonlinearity in plasmonic structures using incorporation of optical gain into graphene ribbons. As the pump intensity increases, the maximum output intensity of third harmonic generated (THG) wave versus fundamental frequency is blue-shifted while its value enhances. Our analysis indicates that the enhancement factor of THG in our proposed structure is 1.1 × 107 without occurring an electric breakdown compared to case at which an optically pumped trilayer graphene sheet sandwiched between two CaF2 layers. Therefore, only presence of optical gain is not sufficient for significant enhancement of output intensity of THG wave and excitation of SPPs through the structure is also essential. On the other hand, our results demonstrate that the output intensity of THG wave from the proposed structure under optical pumping enhances by $$10^{5}$$ 10 5 times compared to the plasmonic structure without optical gain which confirms the role of optical gain for THG enhancement in the plasmonic structure. This is because the gain in graphene ribbons amplifies the SPPs waves leading to the more field enhancement along the graphene ribbons which results in significant enhancement of THG wave in the plasmonic structure in comparison with one without gain. Therefore, we reveal that both SPPs and optical gain contribute to the strong output intensity of THG in our proposed structure compared to the trilayer graphene sheet inserted between two CaF2 layers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d502ac1bac3c4113959b3c96d70aafba2024-03-05T18:47:19ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-02-0114111210.1038/s41598-024-53493-3Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gainMarzieh Sedaghat Nejad0Abbas Ghasempour Ardakani1Department of Physics, School of Science, Shiraz UniversityDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Shiraz UniversityAbstract In this paper, we theoretically study the enhancement of third-harmonic generation in a plasmonic structure composed of an array of trilayer graphene ribbons sandwiched between two $$CaF_{2}$$ C a F 2 layers. In fact, we suggest a new method for more enhancement of nonlinearity in plasmonic structures using incorporation of optical gain into graphene ribbons. As the pump intensity increases, the maximum output intensity of third harmonic generated (THG) wave versus fundamental frequency is blue-shifted while its value enhances. Our analysis indicates that the enhancement factor of THG in our proposed structure is 1.1 × 107 without occurring an electric breakdown compared to case at which an optically pumped trilayer graphene sheet sandwiched between two CaF2 layers. Therefore, only presence of optical gain is not sufficient for significant enhancement of output intensity of THG wave and excitation of SPPs through the structure is also essential. On the other hand, our results demonstrate that the output intensity of THG wave from the proposed structure under optical pumping enhances by $$10^{5}$$ 10 5 times compared to the plasmonic structure without optical gain which confirms the role of optical gain for THG enhancement in the plasmonic structure. This is because the gain in graphene ribbons amplifies the SPPs waves leading to the more field enhancement along the graphene ribbons which results in significant enhancement of THG wave in the plasmonic structure in comparison with one without gain. Therefore, we reveal that both SPPs and optical gain contribute to the strong output intensity of THG in our proposed structure compared to the trilayer graphene sheet inserted between two CaF2 layers.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53493-3 |
| spellingShingle | Marzieh Sedaghat Nejad Abbas Ghasempour Ardakani Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain Scientific Reports |
| title | Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| title_full | Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| title_fullStr | Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| title_short | Giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| title_sort | giant enhancement of third harmonic generation in an array of graphene ribbons using amplification of surface plasmon polaritons by optical gain |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53493-3 |
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