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On-chip coherent visible and near-infrared (NIR) light generation has broad applications in metrology, bio-sensing, and quantum information. High-Q microresonators are ideal candidates for generating light across such broad wavelength…
Supercontinuum generation by femtosecond filaments in air is investigated for different laser wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared. Particular attention is paid on the role of third-harmonic generation and temporal steepening…
We develop a quantitative mathematical theory that offers new perspectives on nonlinear harmonic generation in plasmonic structures arising from symmetry breaking. Focusing on second harmonic generation--the most fundamental process and the…
We generate coherent ultraviolet radiation at 313 nm as the third harmonic of an external-cavity diode laser. We use this radiation for laser cooling of trapped beryllium atomic ions and sympathetic cooling of co-trapped beryllium-hydride…
Two-mode nonlinear interaction (second-harmonic and second-subharmonic generation) in a planar waveguide with a small periodic corrugation at the surface is studied. Scattering of the interacting fields on the corrugation leads to…
Silicon is a common material for photonics due to its favorable optical properties in the telecom and mid-wave IR bands, as well as compatibility with a wide range of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) foundry processes.…
Frequency multiplication of terahertz signals on a solid state platform is highly sought-after for the next generation of high-speed electronics and the creation of frequency combs. Solutions to efficiently generate extreme harmonics (up to…
We report the observation of strong third harmonic generation from a macroscopic array of aligned ultralong single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with intense midinfrared radiation. Through power-dependent experiments, we determined the…
Lithium niobate (LN) thin film has recently emerged as an important platform for nonlinear optical investigations for its large $\chi^{(2)}$ nonlinear coefficients and ability of light localization. In this paper, we report the first…
For the growing demand of frequency combs in mid-infrared (mid-IR), known as the "molecular fingerprint" region of the spectrum [1], down conversion of near-IR frequency combs through half- harmonic generation offers numerous benefits…
Ultrafast all-optical control of light emission is a central goal of extreme nonlinear optics, with implications for compact short-wavelength sources, petahertz optoelectronics, and label-free superresolution microscopy. High-harmonic…
We address the generation of fully inseparable three-mode entangled states of radiation by interlinked nonlinear interactions in $\chi^{(2)}$ media. We show how three-mode entanglement can be used to realize symmetric and asymmetric…
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of enhanced third-harmonic generation (THG) in silicon nitride metasurfaces. These structures exhibit strong resonant nonlinear responses, enabling up to two orders of magnitude…
We report strong third-harmonic generation (THG) in monolayer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and transferred to an amorphous silica (glass) substrate; the photon energy is in three-photon resonance with the…
We investigate the generation of ultraviolet (UV) second-harmonic radiation on the boundary of a UV transparent crystal, which is derived from the automatic partial phase matching of the incident wave and the total internal reflection. By…
A fully electrically interfaced chip-scale Micro-Electro-Mechanical System based higher-order harmonic generator has multitudes of applications as it can simultaneously facilitate monolithic integration with on-chip electronics and offer…
High-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has rapidly emerged as a promising platform for creating compact attosecond sources and probing ultrafast electron dynamics. Resonant metasurfaces are essential for enhancement of the otherwise small…
Here we employ the quasi-bound state in the continuum (quasi-BIC) resonance in all-dielectric metasurfaces for efficient nonlinear processes in consideration of the backward frequency conversion. We theoretically study the second-harmonic…
We carried out second-harmonic generation in quasi-phase-matched \alpha-phase lithium niobate channel waveguides realized by proton exchange and surface periodic poling. Owing to a limited ferroelectric domain depth, we could observe the…
InGaP-on-insulator, with its intrinsically high $\chi^{(2)}$ optical nonlinearity, has emerged as an efficient and bright integrated photonic platform for frequency conversion and on-chip entanglement generation, but high waveguide…