Low Index Asymmetric Bound States in the Continuum for Low Loss Integrated Photonics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Vertchenko ◽  
Radu Malureanu ◽  
Clayton DeVault ◽  
Eric Mazur ◽  
Andrei V. Lavrinenko
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Integrated Photonics ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
The Continuum

scholarly journals Ultrasensitive terahertz sensing with high-Q toroidal dipole resonance governed by bound states in the continuum in all-dielectric metasurface

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1295-1307
Author(s):  
Yulin Wang ◽  
Zhanghua Han ◽  
Yong Du ◽  
Jianyuan Qin
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
Photonic Sensor ◽  
Dipole Resonance ◽  
Ultrahigh Sensitivity ◽  
Terahertz Frequencies ◽  
Symmetry Protected ◽  
Dielectric Metasurface ◽  
The Continuum

Abstract Toroidal dipole (TD) with weak coupling to the electromagnetic fields offers tremendous potential for advanced design of photonic devices. However, the excitation of high quality (Q) factor TD resonances in these devices is challenging. Here, we investigate ultrahigh-Q factor TD resonances at terahertz frequencies arising from a distortion of symmetry-protected bound states in the continuum (BIC) in all-dielectric metasurface consisting of an array of high-index tetramer clusters. By elaborately arranging the cylinders forming an asymmetric cluster, two distinct TD resonances governed by BIC are excited and identified. One is distinguished as intracluster TD mode that occurs in the interior of tetramer cluster, and the other one is intercluster TD mode that arises from the two neighboring clusters. Such TD resonances can be turned into ultrahigh-Q leaky resonances by controlling the asymmetry of cluster. The low-loss TD resonances with extremely narrow linewidth are very sensitive to the change in the refractive index of the surrounding media, achieving ultrahigh sensitivity level of 489 GHz/RIU. These findings will open up an avenue to develop ultrasensitive photonic sensor in the terahertz regime.

scholarly journals Low-loss erbium-incorporated rare-earth oxide waveguides on Si with bound states in the continuum and its large optical signal enhancement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejun Xu ◽  
Tomohiro Inaba ◽  
Tai Tsuchizawa ◽  
Atsushi Ishizawa ◽  
Haruki Sanada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Signal Enhancement ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
The Continuum

scholarly journals A Bifunctional Silicon Dielectric Metasurface Based on Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2357
Author(s):  
Jianan Wang ◽  
Weici Liu ◽  
Zhongchao Wei ◽  
Hongyun Meng ◽  
Hongzhan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Parameter Tuning ◽  
Optical Devices ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Unit Structure ◽  
Incident Plane ◽  
Dielectric Metasurface ◽  
The Continuum

Quasi-bound states in the continuum provide an effective and observable way to improve metasurface performance, usually with an ultra-high-quality factor. Dielectric metasurfaces dependent on Mie resonances have the characteristic of significantly low loss, and the polarization can be affected by the parameter tuning of the structure. Based on the theory of quasi-bound states in the continuum, we propose and simulate a bifunctional resonant metasurface, whose periodic unit structure consists of four antiparallel and symmetrical amorphous silicon columns embedded in a poly(methyl methacrylate) layer. The metasurface can exhibit an extreme Huygens’ regime in the case of an incident plane wave with linear polarization, while exhibiting chirality in the case of incident circular polarized light. Our structure provides ideas for promoting the multifunctional development of flat optical devices, as well as presenting potential in polarization-dependent fields.

Bound states in the continuum in double-hole array perforated in a layer of photonic crystal slab

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 125002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suxia Xie ◽  
Changzhong Xie ◽  
Song Xie ◽  
Jie Zhan ◽  
Zhijian Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Hole Array ◽  
Photonic Crystal Slab ◽  
The Continuum

scholarly journals Differentiating and quantifying exosome secretion from a single cell using quasi-bound states in the continuum

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1081-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Ndao ◽  
Liyi Hsu ◽  
Wei Cai ◽  
Jeongho Ha ◽  
Junhee Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Single Cell Analysis ◽  
Optical Cavity ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cell Secretion ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Refractive Index Detection

AbstractOne of the key challenges in biology is to understand how individual cells process information and respond to perturbations. However, most of the existing single-cell analysis methods can only provide a glimpse of cell properties at specific time points and are unable to provide cell secretion and protein analysis at single-cell resolution. To address the limits of existing methods and to accelerate discoveries from single-cell studies, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a new sensor based on bound states in the continuum to quantify exosome secretion from a single cell. Our optical sensors demonstrate high-sensitivity refractive index detection. Because of the strong overlap between the medium supporting the mode and the analytes, such an optical cavity has a figure of merit of 677 and sensitivity of 440 nm/RIU. Such results facilitate technological progress for highly conducive optical sensors for different biomedical applications.

scholarly journals Plasmonic hot-electron photodetection with quasi-bound states in the continuum and guided resonances

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhao Wang ◽  
Lucas V. Besteiro ◽  
Peng Yu ◽  
Feng Lin ◽  
Alexander O. Govorov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Hot Electrons ◽  
Hot Electron ◽  
Perfect Absorption ◽  
High Loss ◽  
Guided Mode ◽  
The Continuum

Abstract Hot electrons generated in metallic nanostructures have shown promising perspectives for photodetection. This has prompted efforts to enhance the absorption of photons by metals. However, most strategies require fine-tuning of the geometric parameters to achieve perfect absorption, accompanied by the demanding fabrications. Here, we theoretically propose a Ag grating/TiO2 cladding hybrid structure for hot electron photodetection (HEPD) by combining quasi-bound states in the continuum (BIC) and plasmonic hot electrons. Enabled by quasi-BIC, perfect absorption can be readily achieved and it is robust against the change of several structural parameters due to the topological nature of BIC. Also, we show that the guided mode can be folded into the light cone by introducing a disturbance to become a guided resonance, which then gives rise to a narrow-band HEPD that is difficult to be achieved in the high loss gold plasmonics. Combining the quasi-BIC and the guided resonance, we also realize a multiband HEPD with near-perfect absorption. Our work suggests new routes to enhance the light-harvesting in plasmonic nanosystems.

scholarly journals Active nonlocal metasurfaces

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 655-665
Author(s):  
Stephanie C. Malek ◽  
Adam C. Overvig ◽  
Sajan Shrestha ◽  
Nanfang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Fano Resonances ◽  
Spatial Control ◽  
Technical Challenge ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Narrow Bandwidth ◽  
Wavefront Shaping ◽  
Mechanical Stretching ◽  
Proof Of Principle ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractActively tunable and reconfigurable wavefront shaping by optical metasurfaces poses a significant technical challenge often requiring unconventional materials engineering and nanofabrication. Most wavefront-shaping metasurfaces can be considered “local” in that their operation depends on the responses of individual meta-units. In contrast, “nonlocal” metasurfaces function based on the modes supported by many adjacent meta-units, resulting in sharp spectral features but typically no spatial control of the outgoing wavefront. Recently, nonlocal metasurfaces based on quasi-bound states in the continuum have been shown to produce designer wavefronts only across the narrow bandwidth of the supported Fano resonance. Here, we leverage the enhanced light-matter interactions associated with sharp Fano resonances to explore the active modulation of optical spectra and wavefronts by refractive-index tuning and mechanical stretching. We experimentally demonstrate proof-of-principle thermo-optically tuned nonlocal metasurfaces made of silicon and numerically demonstrate nonlocal metasurfaces that thermo-optically switch between distinct wavefront shapes. This meta-optics platform for thermally reconfigurable wavefront shaping requires neither unusual materials and fabrication nor active control of individual meta-units.

scholarly journals Near-Field Excitation of Bound States in the Continuum in All-Dielectric Metasurfaces through a Coupled Electric/Magnetic Dipole Model

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 998
Author(s):  
Diego R. Abujetas ◽  
José A. Sánchez-Gil
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Dipole ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Field Pattern ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Optical Modes ◽  
Source Excitation ◽  
The Continuum

Resonant optical modes arising in all-dielectric metasurfaces have attracted much attention in recent years, especially when so-called bound states in the continuum (BICs) with diverging lifetimes are supported. With the aim of studying theoretically the emergence of BICs, we extend a coupled electric and magnetic dipole analytical formulation to deal with the proper metasurface Green function for the infinite lattice. Thereby, we show how to excite metasurface BICs, being able to address their near-field pattern through point-source excitation and their local density of states. We apply this formulation to fully characterize symmetry-protected BICs arising in all-dielectric metasurfaces made of Si nanospheres, revealing their near-field pattern and local density of states, and, thus, the mechanisms precluding their radiation into the continuum. This formulation provides, in turn, an insightful and fast tool to characterize BICs (and any other leaky/guided mode) near fields in all-dielectric (and also plasmonic) metasurfaces, which might be especially useful for the design of planar nanophotonic devices based on such resonant modes.

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