Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Poliakov, E.Y.; Markel, V.A.; … - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 241 (1997) 1, pp. 249-258
Fractal nanostructured materials, such as nanocomposites and self-affine thin films, are shown to possess giant optical nonlinearities. The enhancement results from the sub-wavelength localization of dipolar modes and strong local field fluctuations.