eprintid: 1417182 rev_number: 49 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/41/71/82 datestamp: 2014-01-06 11:05:52 lastmod: 2021-10-10 23:03:39 status_changed: 2014-01-06 11:05:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Valev, VK creators_name: Zheng, X creators_name: Biris, CG creators_name: Silhanek, AV creators_name: Volskiy, V creators_name: De Clercq, B creators_name: Aktsipetrov, OA creators_name: Ameloot, M creators_name: Panoiu, NC creators_name: Vandenbosch, GAE creators_name: Moshchalkov, VV title: The origin of second harmonic generation hotspots in chiral optical metamaterials [Invited] ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 note: © 2011 The Optical Society abstract: Novel ways to detect the handedness in chiral optical metamaterials by means of the second harmonic generation (SHG) process have recently been proposed. However, the precise origin of the SHG emission has yet to be unambiguously established. In this paper, we present computational simulations of both the electric currents and the electromagnetic fields in chiral planar metamaterials, at the fundamental frequency (FF), and discuss the implications of our results on the characteristics of experimentally measured SHG. In particular, we show that the results of our numerical simulations are in good agreement with the experimental mapping of SHG sources. Thus, the SHG in these metamaterials can be attributed to a strong local enhancement of the electromagnetic fields at the FF, which depends on the particular structure of the patterned metamaterial. date: 2011-05-01 publisher: OSA official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000036 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: WoS-Lite elements_id: 314695 doi: 10.1364/OME.1.000036 lyricists_name: Panoiu, Nicolae-Coriolan lyricists_id: NPANO59 full_text_status: public publication: Optical Materials Express volume: 1 number: 1 pagerange: 36 -45 issn: 2159-3930 book_title: Optical Materials Express citation: Valev, VK; Zheng, X; Biris, CG; Silhanek, AV; Volskiy, V; De Clercq, B; Aktsipetrov, OA; ... Moshchalkov, VV; + view all <#> Valev, VK; Zheng, X; Biris, CG; Silhanek, AV; Volskiy, V; De Clercq, B; Aktsipetrov, OA; Ameloot, M; Panoiu, NC; Vandenbosch, GAE; Moshchalkov, VV; - view fewer <#> (2011) The origin of second harmonic generation hotspots in chiral optical metamaterials [Invited]. Optical Materials Express , 1 (1) 36 -45. 10.1364/OME.1.000036 <https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000036>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1417182/1/ome-1-1-36.pdf