Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (6): 06000699, Published Online: Jun. 4, 2019  

Broadband mid-infrared nonlinear optical modulator enabled by gold nanorods: towards the mid-infrared regime

Author Affiliations
1 Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
2 State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
3 Changchun Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130117, China
4 Hunan Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
5 e-mail: qings@jlu.edu.cn
6 Institute for Lasers, Photonics, Biophotonics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
Abstract
Mid-infrared pulsed lasers operating around the 3?μm wavelength regime are important for a wide range of applications including sensing, spectroscopy, imaging, etc. Despite the recent advances in technology, the lack of a nonlinear optical modulator operating in the mid-infrared regime remains a significant challenge. Here, we report the third-order nonlinear optical response of gold nanorods (GNRs) ranging from 800?nm to the mid-infrared regime (2810?nm) enabled by their size and overlapping behavior-dependent longitudinal surface plasmon resonance. In addition, we demonstrate a wavelength-tunable Er3+-doped fluoride fiber laser modulated by GNRs, which can deliver pulsed laser output, with the pulse duration down to 533?ns, tunable wavelength ranging from 2760.2 to 2810.0?nm, and spectral 3?dB bandwidth of about 1?nm. The experimental results not only validate the GNRs’ robust mid-infrared nonlinear optical response, but also manifest their application potential in high-performance broadband optoelectronic devices.

Bin Huang, Zhe Kang, Jie Li, Mingyi Liu, Pinghua Tang, Lili Miao, Chujun Zhao, Guanshi Qin, Weiping Qin, Shuangchun Wen, Paras N. Prasad. Broadband mid-infrared nonlinear optical modulator enabled by gold nanorods: towards the mid-infrared regime[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 06000699.

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