Tailoring the field enhancement in Fano-resonant nanoantennas for improved optical bistability

Jérémy Butet; Olivier J.  F. Martin

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.11.016007

10 February 2017 Tailoring the field enhancement in Fano-resonant nanoantennas for improved optical bistability

Jérémy Butet, Olivier J. F. Martin

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 016007 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.016007

Abstract

The influence of Fano resonances on the nonlinear response of hybrid plasmonic nanostructures, i.e., nanoantennas loaded with a nonlinear optical material, is theoretically investigated using the combination of a surface integral equation method and an analytical model. The results demonstrate that a suitable design of the field enhancement enables the observation of optical bistability for incident conditions that would be impossible for a bare nanoantenna. This study provides new insights into the possibilities offered by Fano resonances to control the nonlinear response of hybrid plasmonic systems.

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Jérémy Butet and Olivier J. F. Martin "Tailoring the field enhancement in Fano-resonant nanoantennas for improved optical bistability," Journal of Nanophotonics 11(1), 016007 (10 February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.016007

Received: 6 October 2016; Accepted: 27 January 2017; Published: 10 February 2017

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