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Less Is More: Enhancement of Second-Harmonic Generation from Metasurfaces by Reduced Nanoparticle Density

Czaplicki, Robert
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Kiviniemi, Antti
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Huttunen, Mikko J.
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December 1, 2018
Nano Letters

We investigate optical second-harmonic generation (SHG) from metasurfaces where noncentrosymmetric V-shaped gold nanoparticles are ordered into regular array configurations. In contrast to expectations, a substantial enhancement of the SHG signal is observed when the number density of the particles in the array is reduced. More specifically, by halving the number density, we obtain over 5-fold enhancement in SHG intensity. This striking result is attributed to favorable interparticle interactions mediated by the lattice, where surface lattice resonances lead to spectral narrowing of the plasmon resonances. Importantly, however, the results cannot be explained by the improved quality of the plasmon resonance alone. Instead, the lattice interactions also lead to further enhancement of the local fields at the particles. The experimental observations agree very well with results obtained from numerical simulations including lattice interactions.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03378
Web of Science ID

WOS:000453488800037

Author(s)
Czaplicki, Robert
Kiviniemi, Antti
Huttunen, Mikko J.
Zang, Xiaorun
Stolt, Timo
Vartiainen, Ismo
Butet, Jeremy  
Kuittinen, Markku
Martin, Olivier J. F.  
Kauranen, Martti
Date Issued

2018-12-01

Published in
Nano Letters
Volume

18

Issue

12

Start page

7709

End page

7714

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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metal nanoparticles

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nonlinear optics

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second-harmonic generation

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plasmonic resonances

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surface-lattice resonances

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interparticle interactions

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surface lattice resonances

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3rd-harmonic generation

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plasmonic nanostructures

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spectroscopy

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arrays

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