P. N. Melent'ev, A. A. Kuzin, A. E. Afanas'ev, V. I. Balykin, “Third harmonic generation in the short-wavelength UV range by a single plasmonic nanostructure”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2016, Volume 46, Number 5,Pages <nobr>414

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Extreme laser radiation: physics and fundamental applications

Third harmonic generation in the short-wavelength UV range by a single plasmonic nanostructure

P. N. Melent'ev^ab, A. A. Kuzin^ca, A. E. Afanas'ev^a, V. I. Balykin^ab

^a Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Troitsk
^b Institute of Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Moscow, Troitsk
^c Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region

Abstract: The nonlinear optical interaction of laser radiation with nanostructures formed in gold and aluminium nanofilms has been experimentally studied. It is shown that, despite the high susceptibility χ₃ of aluminium in comparison with gold, the third-harmonic generation efficiency at a wavelength of 260 nm is much higher for the nanostructures formed in a gold nanofilm because of the efficient excitation of a localised plasmon resonance at the fundamental frequency.

Keywords: harmonic generation, UV spectral range, plasmon resonance, nanofilm.

Received: 08.02.2016