Wave-mixing origin and optimization in single and compact aluminum nanoantennas
arXiv:1605.06392 · doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00351
Abstract
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 \(χ_{\perp\perp\perp}\) local surface and \(γ_{bulk}\) nonlocal bulk contributions can be separated while imaging resonant nanostructures excited by a tightly focused beam, provided the \(χ_{\perp\parallel\parallel}\) 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 \(χ_{\perp\perp\perp}\) local surface sources.
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