Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 1, 013602(2023)

Modulation of epsilon-near-zero wavelength and enhancement of third-order optical nonlinearity in ITO/Au multilayer films

Bin Guo, Zhongshuai Zhang, Yanyan Huo, Shuyun Wang*, and Tingyin Ning**
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  • Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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    (a) Theoretical real part of effective permittivity of ITO/Au multilayer stacks. (b) Schematic diagram of an ITO-Au multilayer stack. (c) Cross-sectional image and (d) surface morphology of the IAI-4 multilayer film obtained by SEM.
    XRD patterns of the pure ITO film and IAI-4 multilayer film.
    Experimentally determined permittivity of the pure ITO film and effective permittivity of the multilayer films.
    (a) OA and (b) CA Z-scan data with the theoretical fittings for pure ITO film and multilayer films.
    Carrier concentration, resistivity, and nonlinear optical response versus the thickness of the Au layer.
    • Table 1. Saturable Absorption Coefficient β, Nonlinear Refractive Index n2, and Carrier Concentrations in the Samples

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      Table 1. Saturable Absorption Coefficient β, Nonlinear Refractive Index n2, and Carrier Concentrations in the Samples

      Sampleβ (×10−8 m/W)n2 (×10−14 m2/W)Carrier Concentrations (×1021 cm−3)
      Pure ITO−4.992.550.13
      IAI-2−11.648.011.13
      IAI-3−13.8911.164.98
      IAI-4−17.8011.216.86
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    Bin Guo, Zhongshuai Zhang, Yanyan Huo, Shuyun Wang, Tingyin Ning. Modulation of epsilon-near-zero wavelength and enhancement of third-order optical nonlinearity in ITO/Au multilayer films[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(1): 013602

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    Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

    Received: Jun. 14, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 10, 2022

    Posted: Aug. 11, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Shuyun Wang (wangsy@sdnu.edu.cn), Tingyin Ning (ningtingyin@sdnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.013602

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