Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires

Alessandro Belardini; Joel T. Collins; David C. Hooper; Grigore Leahu; Emilija Petronijevic; Marco Centini; Roberto Li Voti; Teemu Hakkarainen; Eero Koivusalo; Marcelo Rizzo Piton; Soile Soumalainen; Mircea Guina; Ventsislav K. Valev; Concita Sibilia

doi:10.1049/cp.2018.1632

Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires

Alessandro Belardini, Joel T. Collins, David C. Hooper, Grigore Leahu, Emilija Petronijevic, Marco Centini, Roberto Li Voti, Teemu Hakkarainen, Eero Koivusalo, Marcelo Rizzo Piton, Soile Soumalainen, Mircea Guina, Ventsislav K. Valev, Concita Sibilia

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2018)
Publisher	Institution of Engineering and Technology
Edition	CP748
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78561-991-5
ISBN (Print)	9781785617911
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.1632
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2019
Event	20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies, Fotonica 2018 - Lecce, Italy Duration: 23 May 2018 → 25 May 2018

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Name	IET Conference Publications
Number	CP748
Volume	2018

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Conference	20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies, Fotonica 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lecce
Period	23/05/18 → 25/05/18

Funding

Funding from the Academy of Finland Project NESP (decision number 294630) and NANoS (decision number 260815) is acknowledged. EU COST MP1403 NQO is also acknowledged. D.C.H acknowledges funding and support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics (CDTCMP), Grant No. EP/L015544/1. J.T.C and V.K.V acknowledge funding from the Royal Society.

Keywords

Extrinsic chirality
GaAs nanowires
Plasmonic coating
Second harmonic generation

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Belardini, A., Collins, J. T., Hooper, D. C., Leahu, G., Petronijevic, E., Centini, M., Voti, R. L., Hakkarainen, T., Koivusalo, E., Piton, M. R., Soumalainen, S., Guina, M., Valev, V. K., & Sibilia, C. (2019). Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires. In 20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2018) (CP748 ed.). (IET Conference Publications; Vol. 2018, No. CP748). Institution of Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.1632

Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires. / Belardini, Alessandro; Collins, Joel T.; Hooper, David C. et al.
20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2018). CP748. ed. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019. (IET Conference Publications; Vol. 2018, No. CP748).

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Belardini, A, Collins, JT, Hooper, DC, Leahu, G, Petronijevic, E, Centini, M, Voti, RL, Hakkarainen, T, Koivusalo, E, Piton, MR, Soumalainen, S, Guina, M, Valev, VK & Sibilia, C 2019, Second harmonic generation circul dichroism in Au coated GaAs-based nanowires. in 20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2018). CP748 edn, IET Conference Publications, no. CP748, vol. 2018, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 20th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies, Fotonica 2018, Lecce, Italy, 23/05/18. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.1632

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