title: Efficient surface second-harmonic generation in slot micro/nano-fibers.
abstract: We propose to use slot micro/nano-fiber (SMNF) to enhance the second-harmonic generation based on surface dipole nonlinearity. The slot structure is simple and promising to manufacture with high accuracy and reliability by mature micromachining techniques. Light field can be enhanced and confined, and the surface area can be increased in the sub-wavelength low-refractive-index air slot. The maximum conversion efficiency of the SMNFs in our calculations is about 25 times of that in circular micro/nano-fibers. It is promising to provide a competing platform for a new class of fiber-based ultra-tiny light sources spanning the UV- to the mid-infrared spectrum.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, NanjingUniversity, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yan-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*