Modeling of surface-induced second-harmonic generation from multilayer structures by the transfer matrix method

We analytically and numerically investigate surface second-harmonic generation (SHG) from a stack of dielectric layers. We develop a theoretical formalism based on the transfer matrix method for the calculation of the surface-driven second-harmonic radiation from multilayer structures and elaborate...

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Published in:Optics express 2021-03, Vol.29 (6), p.9098-9122
Main Authors: Pakhomov, A V, Hammerschmidt, M, Burger, S, Pertsch, T, Setzpfandt, F
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Language:English
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Summary:We analytically and numerically investigate surface second-harmonic generation (SHG) from a stack of dielectric layers. We develop a theoretical formalism based on the transfer matrix method for the calculation of the surface-driven second-harmonic radiation from multilayer structures and elaborate it for the case of ultrathin dielectric layers using a power series expansion to derive the effective surface nonlinear tensor for the whole stack. We show that for deeply subwavelength thicknesses of the layers the surface responses from all interfaces can efficiently sum up, leading to largely enhanced efficiency of SHG. As a result, such surface-driven nonlinearity can become comparable to the bulk nonlinearity in noncentrosymmetric semiconductors and can yield high performance for nonlinear nanophotonic applications.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.417066