A Comprehensive Review and Future Perspectives of Nanomaterials in Nonlinear Optics and Photonics

Purpose: Nanomaterials have sparked a paradigm shift in nonlinear optics and photonics, presenting unparalleled advantages over bulk materials. Their distinctive attributes, encompassing a substantial surface area, customizable optical properties, and quantum confinement effects, position them as optimal candidates for an array of nonlinear optical applications. Despite their immense potential, the field faces several challenges and future directions. These encompass tailoring nanomaterials for precise applications, establishing scalable fabrication methods, ensuring device stability, broadening application scopes, comprehending fundamental nonlinear optical mechanisms, and advancing predictive theoretical models. Addressing these challenges promises to propel nonlinear optics and photonics into new frontiers, fostering technological advancements that benefit society across multiple domains. Methodology: This paper uses exploratory research methodology to analyse, compare, evaluate, interpret, and create new knowledge to address the challenges and to predict future perspectives of nanomaterials in nonlinear optics and photonics by collecting relevant information using appropriate keywords through Google, Google scholar, and AI-driven GPT search engines. Results & Discussion: This paper underscores nanomaterials' transformative impact on nonlinear optics and photonics. With their unparalleled characteristics and versatile applications, nanomaterials are poised to revolutionize various technologies, offering innovative solutions to contemporary challenges and heralding a new era of scientific progress and technological innovation in various fields including development of Optical Computers. Originality/Value: The paper explores the significance of Nanomaterials in Nonlinear Optics and Photonics, overviews the characteristics of nanomaterials in nonlinear Optics, identifies various important Applications of Nanomaterials in Nonlinear Optics and Photonics, evaluates Prominent Nanomaterials in Nonlinear Optics, and hence analyses and interprets Challenges and Future Directions. Type of Paper: Exploratory Study.