Tip-enhanced second harmonic generation from a single NaNbO3 nanocrystal

Gengxu Chen, E. Wu, Chengjie Ding, Quanlan Xiao, Xueting Ci, Yan Liu, Youying Rong, Botao Wu, Jianrong Qiu, Heping Zeng

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Abstract

We demonstrated the enhanced second harmonic generation (SHG) fromasingle sodium niobate (NaNbO3) nanocrystal by approaching a metal tip on top of it. By scanning a laser-focused NaNbO3 nanocrystal with a gold-coated tip, the mapping of the enhanced SHG from the nanocrystal was obtained. We observed that the SHG of the single NaNbO3 nanocrystal was strongly enhanced with the gold-coated tip on the top of it. And the enhancement factor showed strong dependence on the excitation polarization and the excitation power. An over 12-fold tip enhancement was observed when the excitation power was 12 mW.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2413406
Pages (from-to)290-294
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • Polarization dependence
  • Power dependence
  • Second harmonic generation (SHG)
  • Single sodium niobate (NaNbO) nanocrystal
  • Tip enhancement

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