Coherent Control of the Non-instantaneous Nonlinear Power-law Response in Resonant Nanostructures
arXiv:1909.06126 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.035141
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate coherent control of the nonlinear response of optical second harmonic generation in resonant nanostructures beyond the weak-field regime. Contrary to common perception, we show that maximizing the intensity of the pulse does not yield the strongest nonlinear power-law response. We show this effect emerges from the temporally asymmetric photo-induced response in a resonant mediated non-instantaneous interaction. We develop a novel theoretical approach which captures the photoinduced nonlinearities in resonant nanostructures beyond the two photon description and give an intuitive picture to the observed non-instantaneous phenomena.
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