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Second harmonic nano-particles for femtosecond coherent control on the nanoscale

Optics 2013-05-17 v1

Abstract

We provide a complete toolkit for coherent control experiments on the nano-scale. By exploiting the second harmonic emission from single (150 nm) nonlinear nano-particles, we show that ultrafast femtosecond laser pulses can be compressed and controlled in time with unprecedented spatial accuracy. The method is tested on various nano-particles of different sizes, shapes and materials, both dielectric BaTiO3, Fe(IO3)3) and metallic (Au) thus demonstrating its robustness and versatility.

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@article{arxiv.1305.3783,
  title  = {Second harmonic nano-particles for femtosecond coherent control on the nanoscale},
  author = {Nicolò Accanto and Jana B. Nieder and Lukasz Piatkowski and Marta Castro-Lopez and Francesco Pastorelli and Daan Brinks and Niek F. van Hulst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.3783},
  year   = {2013}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures