Abstract
Metamaterials have brought unique functionalities by allowing the engineering of the material parameters at the level of their elementary units (meta-atoms) to creating functional metadevices. One of the important developments in this field is the demonstration of many of the nonlinear effects known in nonlinear physics and nonlinear optics such as nonlinear self-action, parametric interactions, and frequency conversion, which will boost the development of various methods for achieving tunable, switchable, nonlinear, and sensing functionalities of metamaterials. The study of nonlinear effects in artificial media and engineering the nonlinear response of such media are crucially important for this progress. In the context of photonic integration, for instance, metamaterials promise pathways for light that are impossible in normal materials and offer new freedom in exploiting nonlinear processes. By incorporating nonlinear and tunable metamaterials, it will be possible to create functional metamaterials that display sensitive tuning and novel or enhanced nonlinear behavior. These materials will ultimately provide the basis of a revolutionary platform for optical processing. This chapter will give a brief review on the update progress of nonlinear metamaterials and inspired functional metadevices.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Almeida E, Bitton O, Prior Y (2016) Nonlinear metamaterials for holography. Nat Commun 7:12533
Chen Z, Guo B, Yang Y, Cheng C (2014) Metamaterials-based enhanced energy harvesting: a review. Physica B 438:1–8
Czaplicki R, Husu H, Siikanen R, Mäkitalo J, Kauranen M, Laukkanen J, Lehtolahti J, Kuittinen M (2013) Enhancement of second-harmonic generation from metal nanoparticles by passive elements. Phys Rev Lett 110:093902
de Ceglia D, Vincenti MA, Campione S, Capolino F, Haus JW, Scalora M (2014) Second-harmonic double resonance cones in dispersive hyperbolic metamaterials. Phys. Rev. B 89(7):075123
Decker M et al (2013) Dual-channel spontaneous emission of quantum dots in magnetic metamaterials. Nat Commun 4:2949
Hannam KE, Powell DA, Shadrivov IV, Kivshar YS (2012) Tuning the nonlinear response of coupled split-ring resonators. Appl Phys Lett 100:081111
Katko AR (2014) Functional metamaterials for nonlinear and active applications using embedded devices. PhD dissertation, Duke University
Kivshar YS (2014) Tunable and nonlinear metamaterials: toward functional metadevices. Adv Nat Sci Nanosci Nanotechnol 5:013001
Kurs A, Moffatt R, Soljacic M (2010) Simultaneous mid-range power transfer to multiple devices. Appl Phys Lett 96(2010):044102
Lapine M, Shadrivov IV, Kivshar YS (2014) Colloquium: nonlinear metamaterials. Rev Mod Phys 86(3):1093–1123
Larouche S, Rose A, Smith DR (2015) A constitutive description of nonlinear metamaterials through electric, magnetic, and magnetoelectric nonlinearities. In: Shadrivov IV et al (eds) Nonlinear, tunable and active metamaterials. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland
Maksymov I, Miroshnichenko A, Kivshar Y (2013) Cascaded four-wave mixing in tapered plasmonic nanoantenna. Opt Lett 38:79
Mattheakis M, Tsironis G, Kovanis V (2012) Luneburg lens waveguide networks. J Opt 14:114006
Minovich A et al (2012) Liquid crystal based nonlinear fishnet metamaterials. Appl Phys Lett 100:121113
Rosanov N, Vysotina N, Shatsev A, Shadrivov I, Powell D, Kivshar Y (2011) Discrete dissipative localized modes in nonlinear magnetic metamaterials. Opt Express 19:26500
Rose A, Huang D, Smith D (2011) Controlling the second harmonic in a phase-matched negative-index metamaterial. Phys Rev Lett 107:063902
Segal N, Keren-Zur S, Hendler N, Ellenbogen T (2015) Controlling light with metamaterial-based nonlinear photonic crystals. Nat Photonics 9:180–184
Seren HR et al (2016) Nonlinear terahertz devices utilizing semiconducting plasmonic metamaterials. Light: Science & Applications 5:e16078
Shadrivov I, Sukhorukov A, Kivshar Y, Zharov A, Boardman A, Egan P (2004) Nonlinear surface waves in left-handed materials. Phys Rev E 69:016617
Somerville WRC, Powell DA, Shadrivov IV (2011) Second harmonic generation with zero phase velocity waves. Appl Phys Lett 98:161111
Suchowski H, O’Brien K, Wong ZJ, Salandrino A, Yin X, Zhang X (2013) Phase mismatch–free nonlinear propagation in optical zero-index materials. Science 342:1223
Valev VK et al (2013) Nanostripe length dependence of plasmon-induced material deformations. Opt Lett 38(13):2256–2258
Zhang L-J, Chen L, Liang C-H (2008) Goos-Hänchen shift at the interface of nonlinear left-handed metamaterials. J ElectromagnWaves Appl 22:1031
Zhao X et al (2016) Nonlinear terahertz metamaterial perfect absorbers using GaAs. Photon Res 4(3):A16–A21
Zharov AA, Shadrivov IV, Kivshar YS (2003) Nonlinear properties of left-handed metamaterials. Phys Rev Lett 91:037401
Zheludev NI, Plum E (2016) Reconfigurable nanomechanical photonic metamaterials. Nat Nanotechnol 11:16–22
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Tong, X.C. (2018). Nonlinear Metamaterials and Metadevices. In: Functional Metamaterials and Metadevices. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 262. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66044-8_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66044-8_9
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-66043-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-66044-8
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceChemistry and Material Science (R0)