TY - GEN
T1 - Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires
AU - Belardini, Alessandro
AU - Collins, Joel T.
AU - Hooper, David C.
AU - Leahu, Grigore
AU - Petronijevic, Emilija
AU - Centini, Marco
AU - Voti, Roberto Li
AU - Hakkarainen, Teemu
AU - Koivusalo, Eero
AU - Piton, Marcelo Rizzo
AU - Soumalainen, Soile
AU - Guina, Mircea
AU - Valev, Ventsislav K.
AU - Sibilia, Concita
PY - 2019/5/16
Y1 - 2019/5/16
N2 - Nanostructures with broken symmetry can interact with circularly polarized light to mimic chiroptical (chiral-optical) effects, usually observable in chiral media. This phenomenon is known as extrinsic chirality. Second harmonic generation (SHG) is extremely sensitive to symmetry breaking, down to a single atomic monolayer and it has been extensively used as a probe of extrinsic chirality. Here we present SHG measurements of GaAs nanowires partially covered with Au, fabricated by a self-catalysed technique. The Au coated GaAs nanowires give rise to a dramatic circular dichroism in the generated second harmonic signal, compared to nanowires without coating.
AB - Nanostructures with broken symmetry can interact with circularly polarized light to mimic chiroptical (chiral-optical) effects, usually observable in chiral media. This phenomenon is known as extrinsic chirality. Second harmonic generation (SHG) is extremely sensitive to symmetry breaking, down to a single atomic monolayer and it has been extensively used as a probe of extrinsic chirality. Here we present SHG measurements of GaAs nanowires partially covered with Au, fabricated by a self-catalysed technique. The Au coated GaAs nanowires give rise to a dramatic circular dichroism in the generated second harmonic signal, compared to nanowires without coating.
KW - Extrinsic chirality
KW - GaAs nanowires
KW - Plasmonic coating
KW - Second harmonic generation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065702128&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1049/cp.2018.1632
DO - 10.1049/cp.2018.1632
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85065702128
SN - 9781785617911
T3 - IET Conference Publications
BT - 20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2018)
PB - Institution of Engineering and Technology
T2 - 20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies, Fotonica 2018
Y2 - 23 May 2018 through 25 May 2018
ER -