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A nanohole in a thin metal film as an efficient nonlinear optical element

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The nonlinear optical properties of single nanoholes and nanoslits fabricated in gold and aluminum nanofilms are studied by third harmonic generation (THG). It is shown that the extremely high third-order optical susceptibility of aluminum and the presence of strong plasmon resonance of a single nanohole in an aluminum film make possible an efficient nanolocalized radiation source at the third harmonic frequency. The THG efficiency for a single nanohole in a thin metal film can be close to unity for an exciting laser radiation intensity on the order of 1013 W/cm2.

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  1. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190, Russia

    T. V. Konstantinova, P. N. Melent’ev, A. E. Afanas’ev & V. I. Balykin

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700, Russia

    A. A. Kuzin, P. A. Starikov & A. S. Baturin

  3. OOO Avesta-proekt, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190, Russia

    A. V. Tausenev & A. V. Konyashchenko

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Original Russian Text © T.V. Konstantinova, P.N. Melent’ev, A.E. Afanas’ev, A.A. Kuzin, P.A. Starikov, A.S. Baturin, A.V. Tausenev, A.V. Konyashchenko, V.I. Balykin, 2013, published in Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 144, No. 1, pp. 27–40.

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Konstantinova, T.V., Melent’ev, P.N., Afanas’ev, A.E. et al. A nanohole in a thin metal film as an efficient nonlinear optical element. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 117, 21–31 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776113080165

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