Nonlinear Metamaterials Incubator Meeting
Abstract
The possibility of designing the optical nonlinear response of metamaterials at the level of the individual meta-atom opens up a whole new way to obtain materials with a large, fast, and broadband nonlinear response. To date, most studies of enhanced nonlinear response in designed materials have essentially exploited strong local field enhancements enabled by plasmonic nanostructures. The purpose of this Incubator is to explore methods to create materials with enhanced nonlinear coefficients by using the fundamental design parameters available in meta-atoms and metamaterials. The objective is to fund a workshop to explore methods to create materials with enhanced nonlinear coefficients by using the fundamental design parameters available in meta-atoms and metamaterials. In order to achieve its goal, which is to establish new directions for the development and testing of new nonlinear optical metamaterials, the topics and questions to be covered are: ¥ Physical reasons for the limited nonlinear response of existing natural and artificial structures. ¥ What is the path to overcome these limitations and create highly nonlinear materials with a good figure of merit? ¥ How can meta-atoms be designed that would produce optical materials with large nonlinearities and good figure of merit? ¥ Novel applications that would be enabled by such matematerials-based highly nonlinear structures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1510332
Entities
People
- Elizabeth Rogan
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Optica
- United States Army