Double-resonance plasmon-driven enhancement of nonlinear optical response in a metamaterial with coated nanoparticles
A. A. Zharov, N. A. Zharova*
Institute for Physics of Microstructures RAS, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
*Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract
By means of a simple analytical model, we show the possibility of
giant double-resonance enhancement of nonlinear cubic optical response of
metamaterial containing layered (coated) nanoparticles with nonlinear
dielectric core covered by metallic shell. Such nanoparticles support two
surface plasmons of dipole type with different eigenfrequencies depending on
volume portion of nonlinear dielectric. We demonstrate that giant enhancement
of nonlinearity takes place under condition of double resonance when the
fundamental frequency of light wave and its third harmonic simultaneously
coincide or close to the frequencies of surface plasmons.