Applied Physics Letter

Volume 99 [ Novenber 2011]

Issue 17
Metamaterial polarization spectral filter: Isolated transmission line at any prescribed wavelength
 N. I. Zheludev, E. Plum, and V. A. Fedotov
Optoelectronics Research Centre and Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Issue 18
Realization of negative refractive index with double-layered H-shaped resonator array
 Xiang Xiong1, Zhao-Wu Wang1, Shao-Jie Fu1, Mu Wang1, Ru-Wen Peng1, Xi-Ping Hao1, and Cheng Sun2
1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China 
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3111, USA 

Kerr-driven nonlinear refractive index of air at 800 and 400 nm measured through femtosecond laser pulse filamentation
 Yu. E. Geints1, A. M. Kabanov1, A. A. Zemlyanov1, E. E. Bykova1, O. A. Bukin2, and S. S. Golik3
1Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, 1 Academician Zuev Square, Tomsk 634021, Russia 
2Institute of Automation and Control Processes FEB RAS, 5 Radio Str., Vladivostok 690041, Russia 
3Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova Str., Vladivostok 690950, Russia

Simultaneous second-harmonic generation, third-harmonic generation, and four-wave mixing microscopy with single sub-8 fs laser pulses
 R. Selm1, G. Krauss2, A. Leitenstorfer2, and A. Zumbusch1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany 
2Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany 

Wavelength and position tuning of Čerenkov second-harmonic generation in optical superlattice
 Ksawery Kalinowski1, Qian Kong2,3, Vito Roppo4, Ady Arie5, Yan Sheng2,1, and Wieslaw Krolikowski2
1Laser Physics Center and Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 
2Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 
3Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China 
4Departament de Fisica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Rambla Sant Nebridi, 08222 Terrassa, Spain 
5Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel 

Issue 19
Optical fiber tips functionalized with semiconductor photonic crystal cavities
 Gary Shambat, J Provine, Kelley Rivoire, Tomas Sarmiento, James Harris, and Jelena Vučković
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 

Ultra-high four wave mixing efficiency in slot waveguides with silicon nanocrystals
 A. Trita1, C. Lacava1, P. Minzioni1, J.-P. Colonna2, P. Gautier2, J.-M. Fedeli2, and I. Cristiani1
1Dipartimento di Elettronica, Università di Pavia, Pavia 27100, Italy 
2CEA LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble 38054, France 

Issue 20
Silicon carbide-based photonic crystal nanocavities for ultra-broadband operation from infrared to visible wavelengths
 Shota Yamada1, Bong-Shik Song1,2, Takashi Asano1, and Susumu Noda1
1Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan 
2School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-Gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 440-746, Korea 

Observation of spectral and temporal polarization oscillations of optical pulses in a silicon nanowaveguide
 Brian A. Daniel1, Jonathan Y. Lee2, Philippe M. Fauchet2, and Govind P. Agrawal1
1The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA 
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA 

Mode separation of a single-frequency bi-modal elastic wave pulse by a phononic crystal

Pyung Sik Ma1, Hoe Woong Kim2, Joo Hwan Oh1, and Yoon Young Kim1
1WCU Multiscale Mechanical Design Division, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea 
2BK21 School for Creative Engineering Design of Next Generation Mechanical and Aerospace System, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-744, Korea 

Issue 21
Scaling of losses with size and wavelength in nanoplasmonics and metamaterials
 Jacob B. Khurgin1 and Greg Sun2
1Department of ECE, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA 
2Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA 

Applied Physics Letter Volume 99 [ September 2011]
Issue 10
Tuning the wavelength drift between resonance light absorption and scattering of plasmonic nanoparticle
  Jian Zhu, Jian-jun Li, and Jun-wu Zhao
The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
 
Issue 11
Radiation patterns from coupled photonic crystal nanocavities
  M. Brunstein, T. J. Karle, I. Sagnes, F. Raineri, J. Bloch, Y. Halioua, G. Beaudoin, L. Le Gratiet,J. A. Levenson, and A. M. Yacomotti
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures (CNRS UPR 20), Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcousis, France
Ultra-low threshold polariton lasing in photonic crystal cavities
 Stefano Azzini1, Dario Gerace1, Matteo Galli1, Isabelle Sagnes2, Rémy Braive2, Aristide Lemaître2, Jacqueline Bloch2, and D. Bajoni3
1Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta,” and UdR CNISM, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy 
2CNRS-Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France 
3Dipartimento di Elettronica and UdR CNISM, via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy 
Polariton laser based on a ZnO photonic crystal slab
 D. D. Solnyshkov1, T. Weiss1,2, G. Malpuech1, and N. A. Gippius1,3
1LASMEA, Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France 
24th Physics Institute, SCOPE and SIMTECH, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany 
3A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow 119991, Russia 
Tuning of a cavity in a silicon photonic crystal by thermal expansion of an elastomeric infill
 A. Koray Erdamar1, M. M. van Leest1, S. J. Picken2, and J. Caro1
1Delft University of Technology, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands 
2Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Section NanoStructured Materials, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands 
Bidirectional bending splitter of designer surface plasmons
 Yong Jin Zhou, Quan Jiang, and Tie Jun Cui
State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China 

Spin-dependent electron transport in waveguide with continuous shape
 Yue Ban1 and E. Ya. Sherman1,2
1Departamento de Química Física, UPV-EHU, Apdo 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 
2IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain 

Optical routing and switching of energy flow in nanostructure systems
  S. M. Sadeghi
Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA 
Light propagation in single mode polymer nanotubes integrated on photonic circuits
  Nolwenn Huby1, Jean Luc Duvail2, Daphné Duval3, David Pluchon1, and Bruno Bêche1
1Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, 263 avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes 35042, France 
2Institut des Matériaux, UMR CNRS 6502, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière B.P.32229, 44322 Nantes cedex 3, France 
3Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, CIN2 (CSIC-ICN) and CIBER-BBN, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain 
 
Better than Bragg: Optimizing the quality factor of resonators with aperiodic dielectric reflectors
  Jonathan Breeze1, Mark Oxborrow2, and Neil McN Alford1
1Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom 
2National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom 

Issue 12
Efficient quantum dot single photon extraction into an optical fiber using a nanophotonic directional coupler
  M. Davanço1,2, M. T. Rakher1, W. Wegscheider3, D. Schuh3, A. Badolato4, and K. Srinivasan1
1Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 
2Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 
3Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg D-93053, Germany 
4Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA 

Extreme optical nonlinearities in chalcogenide glass fibers embedded with metallic and semiconductor nanowires
Bora Ung and Maksim Skorobogatiy
Engineering Physics Department, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Québec, Canada H3C 3A7
 
High-precision frequency measurements in the THz spectral region using an unstabilized femtosecond laser
 Heiko Füser, Rolf Judaschke, and Mark Bieler
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany 

Dispersion curves of surface acoustic waves in a two-dimensional phononic crystal
 M. Badreddine Assouar1 and Mourad Oudich2
1International Joint Laboratory (UMI 2958), CNRS-GIT, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
2Institut Jean Lamour, Department of Physics, Nancy University – CNRS, Boulevard des Aiguillettes, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre lès Nancy cedex, France 
 
Issue 13
All-optical fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals in photopolymers by multiplex-exposure holographic recording
 Susanna Orlic, Christian Müller, and Alexander Schlösser
Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany 
High-responsivity plasmonics-based GaAs metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors
 Ayman Karar1, Narottam Das1, Chee Leong Tan2, Kamal Alameh1,3,4, Yong Tak Lee2,3,4, and Fouad Karouta5
1Electron Science Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia 
2School of Photonics Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea 
3Department of Information and Communications, GIST, Gwangju, South Korea 
4Department of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, GIST, Gwangju, South Korea 
5ANFF, Research School of Physics & Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 
Volume 99 [ July-August 2011]
Shrinking an arbitrary object as one desires using metamaterials (Volume 98)
 Wei Xiang Jiang, Tie Jun Cui, Xin Mi Yang, Hui Feng Ma, and Qiang Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China 
Issue 1
Realization of a nonlinear interferometer with parametric amplifiers
  Jietai Jing1, Cunjin Liu1, Zhifan Zhou1, Z. Y. Ou1,2, and Weiping Zhang1
1Quantum Institute for Light and Atoms, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China 
2Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA

Multiply resonant high quality photonic crystal nanocavities
 Kelley Rivoire, Sonia Buckley, and Jelena Vučković
E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4088, USA

Issue 2
Enhancement of second harmonic generation in a doubly resonant metamaterial
 Tetsuo Kanazawa, Yasuhiro Tamayama, Toshihiro Nakanishi, and Masao Kitano
Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
High performance small molecule photodetector with broad spectral response range from 200 to 900 nm
 Shuang-hong Wu1,2, Wen-lian Li1, Bei Chu1, Zi-sheng Su1, Feng Zhang3, and C. S. Lee4
1Key Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, People's Republic of China
2Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China
3Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, People's Republic of China
4Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China

Issue 3
Phase extraction from optical interferograms in presence of intensity nonlinearity and arbitrary phase shifts
 Thang Hoang1, Zhaoyang Wang1, Minh Vo1, Jun Ma1, Long Luu1, and Bing Pan2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
2Institute of Solid Mechanics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, China

Broadband second harmonic generation in one-dimensional randomized nonlinear photonic crystal
 Yan Sheng1, Dongli Ma2, Mingliang Ren2, Wenqiang Chai3, Zhiyuan Li2, Kaloian Koynov4, and Wieslaw Krolikowski1
1Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
2Optical Physics Laboratory, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China
3Institute of Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Jakob-Welder-Weg 11, Mainz, 55128, Germany
4Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz, 55128, Germany

Simultaneous corona poling of multiple glass layers for enhanced effective second-order optical nonlinearities
  K. Yadav1, C. W. Smelser2, S. Jacob2, C. Blanchetiere2, C. L. Callender2, and J. Albert1
1Department of Electronics, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
2Communications Research Centre, P.O. Box 11490 Station H, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8S2

Nanoplasmonic power splitters based on the horizontal nanoplasmonic slot waveguide
 Shiyang Zhu, G. Q. Lo, and D. L. Kwong
Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 11 Science Park Road, Science Park-II, Singapore 117685

 Thermo-electric detection of waveguided surface plasmon propagation
  J.-C. Weeber, K. Hassan, A. Bouhelier, G. Colas-des-Francs, J. Arocas, L. Markey, and A. Dereux
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue A. Savary, BP 47870, F-21078 Dijon, France

 Artificial Faraday rotation using a ring metamaterial structure without static magnetic field
 Toshiro Kodera1, Dimitrios L. Sounas2, and Christophe Caloz2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube 7558611, Japan
2Department of Electrical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada

Issue 4
Photoelectron emission control with polarized light in plasmonic metal random structures
 R. C. Word, J. Fitzgerald, and R. Könenkamp
Physics Department, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA

An optical magnetic metamaterial working at multiple frequencies simultaneously
 Qiuze Li, Weihua Lin, and Guo Ping Wang
Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Plasmon induced transparency in a dielectric waveguide
  Yingran He1, Hao Zhou1, Yi Jin1, and Sailing He1,2
1Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, JORCEP, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentations, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
2Division of Electromagnetic Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Reconfigurable gradient index using VO2 memory metamaterials
 M. D. Goldflam1, T. Driscoll1,2, B. Chapler1, O. Khatib1, N. Marie Jokerst2, S. Palit2, D. R. Smith2, Bong-Jun Kim3, Giwan Seo4, Hyun-Tak Kim3,4, M. Di Ventra1, and D. N. Basov1
1Physics Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
2Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
3Metal-Insulator Transition Creative Research Lab, ETRI, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
4School of Advanced Device Technology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea

Issue 5
Waveguide Fabry-Pérot microcavity arrays  
 Shengfei Feng1,2, Xinping Zhang1, and Peter J. Klar2

1Institute of Information Photonics Technology and College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
2Institute of Experimental Physics I, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany

Issue 6
Exciton-plasmon-photon conversion in silver nanowire: Polarization dependence
 Lu-Lu Wang, Chang-Ling Zou, Xi-Feng Ren, Ai-Ping Liu, Liu Lv, Yong-Jing Cai, Fang-Wen Sun, Guang-Can Guo, and Guo-Ping Guo
Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China

Optical touch screen based on waveguide sensing
 Henrik C. Pedersen1, Michael L. Jakobsen1, Steen G. Hanson1, Morten Mosgaard2, Theis Iversen2, and Jorgen Korsgaard2
1DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
2OPDI Technologies A/S, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Theory of plasmonic near-field enhanced absorption in solar cells
  N. Lagos1,2, M. M. Sigalas2, and E. Lidorikis3
1Institute of Materials Science, N.C.S.R “Demokritos, Agia Paraskevi, Athens 15310, Greece
2Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece
3Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece

Issue 7
Acoustic cloak for airborne sound by inverse design
 V. M. García-Chocano1, L. Sanchis2, A. Díaz-Rubio1, J. Martínez-Pastor2, F. Cervera1, R. Llopis-Pontiveros2, and J. Sánchez-Dehesa1

1Grupo de Fenómenos Ondulatorios, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s.n. (Edificio 7F), ES-46022 Valencia, Spain
2UMDO (Unidad Asociada al CSIC-IMM), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad de Valencia, P.O. Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain

Issue 8
Third-order nonlinearity in silicon beyond 2350 nm
  Faezeh Gholami, Sanja Zlatanovic, Aleksandar Simic, Lan Liu, David Borlaug, Nikola Alic, Maziar P. Nezhad, Yeshaiahu Fainman, and Stojan Radic
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA

Experimental demonstration of illusion optics with “external cloaking” effects
 Chao Li, Xiao Liu, Guochang Liu, Fang Li, and Guangyou Fang
Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Radiation and Detection Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IECAS), Beijing 100190, China

Active wave-guiding of piezoelectric phononic crystals
 Joo Hwan Oh, Il Kyu Lee, Pyung Sik Ma, and Yoon Young Kim
WCU Multiscale Design Division, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-744, Korea
Issue 9
Realization of a narrowband single wavelength microring mirror
Amir Arbabi, Young Mo Kang, Ching-Ying Lu, Edmond Chow, and Lynford L. Goddard
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 208 North Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 

 Random lasing in the composites consisting of photonic crystals and semiconductor nanowires
 M. L. Lu, H. Y. Lin, T. T. Chen, and Y. F. Chen
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

Magneto-photonic crystal optical sensors with sensitive covers
  Neluka Dissanayake1, Miguel Levy1, A. Chakravarty1, P. A. Heiden2, N. Chen2, and V. J. Fratello3
1Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA 
2Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA 
3Integrated Photonics, Inc., Hillsborough, New Jersy 08844, USA 

 Micro-assembly using optically controlled bubble microrobots
  Wenqi Hu, Kelly S. Ishii, and Aaron T. Ohta
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA