Title:
Plasmonic metamaterials as an optoelectronic platform for active and nonlinear nanophotonics

dc.contributor.advisor Cai, Wenshan
dc.contributor.author Lan, Shoufeng
dc.contributor.committeeMember Adibi, Ali
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kippelen, Bernard
dc.contributor.committeeMember Naeemi, Azad
dc.contributor.committeeMember Filler, Michael
dc.contributor.department Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-07T17:40:43Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-07T17:40:43Z
dc.date.created 2017-05
dc.date.issued 2017-03-30
dc.date.submitted May 2017
dc.date.updated 2017-06-07T17:40:43Z
dc.description.abstract The ultimate goal of this thesis is to develop meta-structured devices that simultaneously sustain both electrical and optical functionalities. An asymmetric plasmonic grating was designed for not only the excitation of dark modes featured with an ultrasharp spectrum but also the generation of an electric potential via a plasmoelectric effect. An electrically tunable second-harmonic signal and optical rectification are both realized from a perfect absorber metamaterial. Beyond the solid state structures, electrically tunable harmonic generation was also demonstrated from plasmonic metamaterials in electrolyte solutions. Moreover, by applying electrically induced nonlinear optics, this thesis demonstrated a decade-old prediction, backward phase-matching in negative-index materials, using a plasmonic waveguide scenario. The results revealed the potential of plasmonic metamaterials as self-contained, dynamic electrooptic systems with intrinsically embedded electrical functions and exotic optical properties for signal processing, light switching, and sensing applications.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58261
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Plasmonics
dc.subject Metamaterials
dc.subject Nanophotonics
dc.subject Optoelectronics
dc.subject Nonlinear optics
dc.title Plasmonic metamaterials as an optoelectronic platform for active and nonlinear nanophotonics
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Cai, Wenshan
local.contributor.corporatename School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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