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Wave-mixing origin and optimization in single and compact aluminum nanoantennas
The outstanding optical properties for plasmon resonances in noble metal
nanoparticles enable the observation of non-linear optical processes such as
second-harmonic generation (SHG) at the nanoscale. Here, we investigate the SHG
process in single rectangular aluminum nanoantennas and demonstrate that i) a
doubly resonant regime can be achieved in very compact nanostructures, yielding
a 7.5 enhancement compared to singly resonant structures and ii) the
local surface and nonlocal bulk
contributions can be separated while imaging resonant nanostructures excited by
a tightly focused beam, provided the local
surface is assumed to be zero, as it is the case in all existing models for
metals. Thanks to the quantitative agreement between experimental and simulated
far-field SHG maps, taking into account the real experimental configuration
(focusing and substrate), we identify the physical origin of the SHG in
aluminum nanoantennas as arising mainly from local
surface sources
Wave-Mixing Origin and Optimization in Single and Compact Aluminum Nanoantennas
International audienceThe outstanding optical properties for plasmon resonances in noble metal nanopar-ticles enable the observation of non-linear optical processes such as second-harmonic generation (SHG) at the nanoscale. Here, we investigate the SHG process in single rectangular aluminum nanoantennas and demonstrate that i) a doubly resonant regime can be achieved in very compact nanostructures, yielding a 7.5 enhancement compared to singly resonant structures and ii) the χ ⊥⊥⊥ local surface and γ bulk nonlocal bulk contributions can be separated while imaging resonant nanostructures excited by a tightly focused beam, provided the χ ⊥⊥⊥ local surface is assumed to be zero, as it is the case in all existing models for metals. Thanks to the quantitative agreement between experimental and simulated far-eld SHG maps, taking into account the real experimental conguration (focusing and substrate), we identify the physical origin of the SHG in aluminum nanoantennas as arising mainly from χ ⊥⊥⊥ local surface sources