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Figure of merit for Kerr nonlinear plasmonic waveguides (Laser Photonics Rev. 10(4)/2016)
Author(s) -
Li Guangyuan,
Sterke C. Martijn,
Palomba Stefano
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201670047
Subject(s) - figure of merit , plasmon , kerr effect , photonics , optics , nonlinear system , laser , kerr nonlinearity , wavelength , optoelectronics , nonlinear optics , physics , converters , materials science , quantum mechanics , voltage
The article by Li et al. proposes a simple, versatile Figure of Merit based on the material damage threshold and the optimal length that balances the Kerr effect and linear loss. It allows efficient, quantitative evaluation of various Kerr nonlinear plasmonic waveguides and gives best parameters for nonlinear optical devices such as wavelength converters. (Picture: Guangyuan Li et al., 10.1002/lpor.201600020 pp. 639–646, in this issue)