Leon, Unai Arregui, Rocco, Davide, Carletti, Luca, Peccianti, Marco, Maci, Stefano, Della Valle, Giuseppe and De Angelis, Costantino (2022) THz-photonics transceivers by all-dielectric phonon-polariton nonlinear nanoantennas. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). a4590 1-11. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

The THz spectrum (spanning from 0.3 to 30 THz) offers the potential of a plethora of applications, ranging from the imaging through non transparent media to wireless-over-fiber communications and THz-photonics. The latter framework would greatly benefit from the development of optical-to-THz wavelength converters. Exploiting Difference Frequency Generation in a nonlinear all dielectric nanoantenna, we propose a compact solution to this problem. By means of a near-infrared pump beam (at ω1), the information signal in the optical domain (at ω2) is converted to the THz band (at ω3=ω2−ω1). The approach is completely transparent with respect to the modulation format, and can be easily integrated in a metasurface platform for simultaneous frequency and spatial moulding of THz beams.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2022 08:18
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2022 08:30
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/104905

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