TY - JOUR IS - 11 N1 - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. SP - 14241 VL - 26 A1 - Fang, M A1 - Niu, K A1 - Huang, Z A1 - Sha, WEI A1 - Wu, X A1 - Koschny, T A1 - Soukoulis, CM JF - Optics Express UR - https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.014241 SN - 1094-4087 AV - public Y1 - 2018/05/28/ EP - 14250 TI - Investigation of broadband terahertz generation from metasurface KW - Metamaterials KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Computational electromagnetic methods PB - OPTICAL SOC AMER N2 - The nonlinear metamaterials have been shown to provide nonlinear properties with high nonlinear conversion efficiency and in a myriad of light manipulation. Here we study terahertz generation from nonlinear metasurface consisting of single layer nanoscale split-ring resonator array. The terahertz generation due to optical rectification by the second-order nonlinearity of the split-ring resonator is investigated by a time-domain implementation of the hydrodynamic model for electron dynamics in metal. The results show that the nonlinear metasurface enables us to generate broadband terahertz radiation and free from quasi-phase-matching conditions. The proposed scheme provides a new concept of broadband THz source and designing nonlinear plasmonic metamaterials. ID - discovery10056670 ER -