Design of hybrid metal–dielectric nanostructures for enhancing the degenerate four-wave mixing phenomena
摘要
Hybrid metal–dielectric nanostructures are recognized as an ideal platform for enhancing and optimizing nonlinear optical effects due to their unique ability to generate multi-resonant responses. These structures can significantly enhance the efficiency of both linear and nonlinear optical phenomena by simultaneously utilizing the optical properties of dielectric and metal materials such as localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs). Accordingly, by precisely designing the pair of gold (Au) hemi-cylinders in the structure, a comparison of the linear responses with the absence case of Au hemi-cylinders shows that the presence of Au plasmonic material dramatically affected the linear responses of the structure and has led to the creation of multi-resonant responses due to the concurrent excitation of LSPRs and surface plasmon polariton resonances (SPPRs). By adjusting the radius and length of the Au hemi-cylinders, it has been observed that the efficiency of the FWM phenomenon reaches its maximum value at the numerical ratios of