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Third-Harmonic Generation in Photonic Topological Metasurfaces
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Third-Harmonic Generation in Photonic Topological Metasurfaces

Daria Smirnova, Sergey Kruk, Daniel Leykam, Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan, Duk-Yong Choi and Yuri Kivshar
Physical review letters, Vol.123(10), p.103901
06/09/2019
PMID: 31573303

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Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology
We study nonlinear effects in two-dimensional photonic metasurfaces supporting topologically protected helical edge states at the nanoscale. We observe strong third-harmonic generation mediated by optical nonlinearities boosted by multipolar Mie resonances of silicon nanoparticles. Variation of the pump-beam wavelength enables independent high-contrast imaging of either bulk modes or spinmomentum-locked edge states. We demonstrate topology-driven tunable localization of the generated harmonic fields and map the pseudospin-dependent unidirectional waveguiding of the edge states bypassing sharp corners. Our observations establish dielectric metasurfaces as a promising platform for the robust generation and transport of photons in topological photonic nanostructures.
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