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Deng X, Liang X, He C, Li J, Zhou P, Liang K, Yu L. Realization of exciton-polariton optical chirality based on strong coupling between intrinsic chiral quasibound states in the continuum and monolayer WS2. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:11522-11533. [PMID: 38570997 DOI: 10.1364/oe.518072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Hybrid quasiparticles produced by the strong interaction between nanostructures and excitons will exhibit optical chirality when one of the coupled components is chiral. Due to the tunability of hybrid states, the coupled system has potential applications in chiral devices and chiral sensing. However, reported chiral materials including chiral molecules and three-dimensional chiral structures in the coupled system limit the application due to the weak chiroptical responses and difficult fabrication, respectively. In this paper, we design chiral quasibound states in the continuum (q-BIC) metasurface by introducing planar symmetry-breaking and z-axis perturbation into an array structure whose unit cell is a C4 rotational symmetric disk. By tuning the polarization state of the eigenmode, a significant chiroptical response is obtained in our q-BIC metasurface. Furthermore, mode splitting is observed not only in the reflection spectrum but also in the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum in the chiral q-BIC and monolayer WS2 strong coupling system, which indicates the realization of the exciton-polariton optical chirality. More importantly, one order of magnitude difference in the reflection to left and right circularly polarized light is achieved resulting in significant CD signals. Our work provides a new strategy to realize the exciton polaritons with significant chiroptical responses, which exhibits promising applications in on-chip chiral devices.
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Li J, Liu X, Wang Y, Xu H, Li H, Yue Z, Yang Y, He Y, Liang X, Luo L, Tang T, Yao J. Chiral metasurface zone plate for transmission-reflection focusing of circularly polarized terahertz waves. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:4833-4836. [PMID: 37707914 DOI: 10.1364/ol.501704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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The properties of traditional Fresnel zone plates have been greatly enhanced by metasurfaces, which allow the control of polarization, orbital angular momentum, or other parameters on the basis of focusing. In this Letter, a new, to the best of our knowledge, method for circularly polarized wave manipulation based on a zone plate is proposed. Chiral meta-atoms and binary geometric phase are used for the simultaneous focusing of reflected and transmitted terahertz waves. The silicon-based dielectric chiral units, which show great performance of spin-selective transmission near 0.54 THz, separate the orthogonal circularly polarized components. A binary Pancharatnam-Berry (P-B) phase gradient is obtained by rotating the unit 90 degrees, then the phase zone plate can be easily designed. The simulation results show that the proposed chiral metasurface zone plate has the function of reflection-transmission separation and focusing for the circularly polarized terahertz waves. In addition, we also demonstrate the possibility of using a 1064-nm continuous infrared laser to adjust the intensity of our devices, based on photo-generated carriers in silicon. The design principle of the chiral metasurface zone plates can be extended to other wavelengths, providing new ideas for the regulation of circularly polarized light.
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Shi T, Deng ZL, Geng G, Zeng X, Zeng Y, Hu G, Overvig A, Li J, Qiu CW, Alù A, Kivshar YS, Li X. Planar chiral metasurfaces with maximal and tunable chiroptical response driven by bound states in the continuum. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4111. [PMID: 35840567 PMCID: PMC9287326 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31877-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Optical metasurfaces with high quality factors (Q-factors) of chiral resonances can boost substantially light-matter interaction for various applications of chiral response in ultrathin, active, and nonlinear metadevices. However, current approaches lack the flexibility to enhance and tune the chirality and Q-factor simultaneously. Here, we suggest a design of chiral metasurface supporting bound state in the continuum (BIC) and demonstrate experimentally chiroptical responses with ultra-high Q-factors and near-perfect circular dichroism (CD = 0.93) at optical frequencies. We employ the symmetry-reduced meta-atoms with high birefringence supporting winding elliptical eigenstate polarizations with opposite helicity. It provides a convenient way for achieving the maximal planar chirality tuned by either breaking in-plane structure symmetry or changing illumination angle. Beyond linear CD, we also achieved strong near-field enhancement CD and near-unitary nonlinear CD in the same planar chiral metasurface design with circular eigen-polarization. Sharply resonant chirality realized in planar metasurfaces promises various practical applications including chiral lasers and chiral nonlinear filters. Here, the authors employ the physics of chiral bound states in the continuum and suggest planar chiral metasurfaces with simultaneous ultrahigh quality factor and near-perfect circular dichroism in both linear regime and nonlinear regime.
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- Tan Shi
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100191, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117583, Republic of Singapore
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- Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA
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- Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, China.
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Tailoring Polarization Conversion in Achiral All-Dielectric Metasurfaces by Using Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12132252. [PMID: 35808087 PMCID: PMC9267957 DOI: 10.3390/nano12132252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Quasi-bound states in the continuum (quasi-BICs) supported in all-dielectric metasurfaces (MTS) are known for their confinement in real space and the notably high values of the quality factor Q. Recently, the properties of quasi-BICs have been employed to achieve polarization conversion with all-dielectric MTS. However, one of the main disadvantages of the current approaches is the dependence on the chirality of either the meta-atoms or their disposition. We present the possibility of achieving polarization conversion by using all-dielectric MTS with square and rectangular lattices of nano-disks. The precise tuning of the lattice and disks parameters allows to transform linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light with near unity polarization rates while maintaining the high Q values of quasi-BICs. Moreover, by using double accidental BICs it is possible to obtain right and left circularly polarized light on demand just by varying the angle of incidence.
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Li J, Li J, Zheng C, Yang Y, Yue Z, Hao X, Zhao H, Li F, Tang T, Wu L, Li J, Zhang Y, Yao J. Lossless dielectric metasurface with giant intrinsic chirality for terahertz wave. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:28329-28337. [PMID: 34614966 DOI: 10.1364/oe.430033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It is difficult for single-layer metal metasurfaces to excite in-plane component of magnetic dipole moment, so achieving giant intrinsic optical chirality remains challenging. Fortunately, displacement current in dielectric metasurfaces can form the in-plane magnetic moment which is not orthogonal to the electric dipole moment and forms intrinsic chirality. Here, we show a lossless all-silicon metasurface which achieves giant intrinsic chirality in terahertz band. The leaky waveguide mode in the chiral silicon pillars simultaneously excite the in-plane electric and magnetic dipole moments, which triggers the spin-selected backward electromagnetic radiation, and then realizes the chiral response. The theoretical value of circular dichroism in the transmission spectrum reaches 69.4%, and the measured one is 43%. Based on the photoconductivity effect of the silicon metasurface, we demonstrate optical modulation of the intrinsic chirality using near-infrared continuous wave. In addition, by arranging the two kinds of meta-atoms which are enantiomers, we show the spin-dependent and tunable near-field image display. This simple-prepared all-silicon metasurface provides a new idea for the design of terahertz chiral meta-devices, and it is expected to be applied in the fields of terahertz polarization imaging or spectral detection.
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Chen W, Yang Q, Chen Y, Liu W. Extremize Optical Chiralities through Polarization Singularities. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:253901. [PMID: 34241501 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.253901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Chiral optical effects are generally quantified along some specific incident directions of exciting waves (especially for extrinsic chiralities of achiral structures) or defined as direction-independent properties by averaging the responses among all structure orientations. Though of great significance for various applications, chirality extremization (maximized or minimized) with respect to incident directions or structure orientations has not been explored, especially in a systematic manner. In this study we examine the chiral responses of open photonic structures from perspectives of quasinormal modes and polarization singularities of their far-field radiations. The nontrivial topology of the momentum sphere secures the existence of generic singularity directions along which mode radiations are either circularly or linearly polarized. When plane waves are incident along those directions, the reciprocity ensures ideal maximization and minimization of optical chiralities, for corresponding mode radiations of circular and linear polarizations, respectively. For directions of general elliptical polarizations, we have unveiled the subtle equality of a Stokes parameter and the circular dichroism, showing that an intrinsically (geometrically) chiral structure can unexpectedly exhibit no optical chirality at all or even optical chiralities of opposite handedness for different incident directions. The framework we establish can be applied to not only finite scattering bodies but also infinite structures, encompassing both intrinsic and extrinsic optical chiralities. We have effectively merged two vibrant disciplines of chiral and singular optics, which can potentially trigger more optical chirality-singularity related interdisciplinary studies.
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- Weijin Chen
- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, People's Republic of China
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Abujetas DR, Sánchez-Gil JA. Near-Field Excitation of Bound States in the Continuum in All-Dielectric Metasurfaces through a Coupled Electric/Magnetic Dipole Model. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:998. [PMID: 33924606 PMCID: PMC8069447 DOI: 10.3390/nano11040998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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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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- Diego R. Abujetas
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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Matsukata T, García de Abajo FJ, Sannomiya T. Chiral Light Emission from a Sphere Revealed by Nanoscale Relative-Phase Mapping. ACS NANO 2021; 15:2219-2228. [PMID: 32845613 PMCID: PMC7906114 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Circularly polarized light (CPL) is currently receiving much attention as a key ingredient for next-generation information technologies, such as quantum communication and encryption. CPL photon generation used in those applications is commonly realized by coupling achiral optical quantum emitters to chiral nanoantennas. Here, we explore a different strategy consisting in exciting a nanosphere-the ultimate symmetric structure-to produce CPL emission along an arbitrary direction. Specifically, we demonstrate chiral emission from a silicon nanosphere induced by an electron beam based on two different strategies: either shifting the relative phase of degenerate orthogonal dipole modes or interfering electric and magnetic modes. We prove these concepts both theoretically and experimentally by visualizing the phase and polarization using a fully polarimetric four-dimensional cathodoluminescence method. Besides their fundamental interest, our results support the use of free-electron-induced light emission from spherically symmetric systems as a versatile platform for the generation of chiral light with on-demand control over the phase and degree of polarization.
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- Taeko Matsukata
- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- ICFO-Institut
de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA-Institució
Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- PRESTO, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Stevenson PR, Du M, Cherqui C, Bourgeois MR, Rodriguez K, Neff JR, Abreu E, Meiler IM, Tamma VA, Apkarian VA, Schatz GC, Yuen-Zhou J, Shumaker-Parry JS. Active Plasmonics and Active Chiral Plasmonics through Orientation-Dependent Multipolar Interactions. ACS NANO 2020; 14:11518-11532. [PMID: 32790353 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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While most active plasmonic efforts focus on responsive metamaterials to modulate optical response, we present a simple alternative based on applied orientation control that can likely be implemented for many passive plasmonic materials. Passive plasmonic motifs are simpler to prepare but cannot be altered postfabrication. We show that such systems can be easily manipulated through substrate orientation control to generate both active plasmonic and active chiral plasmonic responses. Using gold nanocrescents as our model platform, we demonstrate tuning of optical extinction from -21% to +36% at oblique incidence relative to normal incidence. Variation of substrate orientation in relation to incident polarization is also demonstrated to controllably switch chiroptical handedness (e.g., Δg = ± 0.55). These active plasmonic responses arise from the multipolar character of resonant modes. In particular, we correlate magnetoelectric and dipole-quadrupole polarizabilities with different light-matter orientation-dependence in both near- and far-field localized surface plasmon activity. Additionally, the attribution of far-field optical response to higher-order multipoles highlights the sensitivity offered by these orientation-dependent characterization techniques to probe the influence of localized electromagnetic field gradients on a plasmonic response. The sensitivity afforded by orientation-dependent optical characterization is further observed by the manifestation in both plasmon and chiral plasmon responses of unpredicted structural nanocrescent variance (e.g., left- and right-tip asymmetry) not physically resolved through topographical imaging.
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- Peter R Stevenson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Mun J, Kim M, Yang Y, Badloe T, Ni J, Chen Y, Qiu CW, Rho J. Electromagnetic chirality: from fundamentals to nontraditional chiroptical phenomena. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:139. [PMID: 32922765 PMCID: PMC7463035 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-00367-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chirality arises universally across many different fields. Recent advancements in artificial nanomaterials have demonstrated chiroptical responses that far exceed those found in natural materials. Chiroptical phenomena are complicated processes that involve transitions between states with opposite parities, and solid interpretations of these observations are yet to be clearly provided. In this review, we present a comprehensive overview of the theoretical aspects of chirality in light, nanostructures, and nanosystems and their chiroptical interactions. Descriptions of observed chiroptical phenomena based on these fundamentals are intensively discussed. We start with the strong intrinsic and extrinsic chirality in plasmonic nanoparticle systems, followed by enantioselective sensing and optical manipulation, and then conclude with orbital angular momentum-dependent responses. This review will be helpful for understanding the mechanisms behind chiroptical phenomena based on underlying chiral properties and useful for interpreting chiroptical systems for further studies.
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- Jungho Mun
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583 Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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Goerlitzer ESA, Mohammadi R, Nechayev S, Volk K, Rey M, Banzer P, Karg M, Vogel N. Chiral Surface Lattice Resonances. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2001330. [PMID: 32319171 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Collective excitation of periodic arrays of metallic nanoparticles by coupling localized surface plasmon resonances to grazing diffraction orders leads to surface lattice resonances with narrow line width. These resonances may find numerous applications in optical sensing and information processing. Here, a new degree of freedom of surface lattice resonances is experimentally investigated by demonstrating handedness-dependent excitation of surface lattice resonances in arrays of chiral plasmonic crescents. The self-assembly of particles used as mask and modified colloidal lithography is applied to produce arrays of planar and 3D gold crescents over large areas. The excitation of surface lattice resonances as a function of the interparticle distance and the degree of order within the arrays is investigated. The chirality of the individual 3D crescents leads to the formation of chiral lattice modes, that is, surface lattice resonances that exhibit optical activity.
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- Eric S A Goerlitzer
- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstr. 2, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
- Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf, D-40225, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstr. 2, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
- Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 7/B2, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf, D-40225, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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Li D, Karaveli S, Cueff S, Li W, Zia R. Probing the Combined Electromagnetic Local Density of Optical States with Quantum Emitters Supporting Strong Electric and Magnetic Transitions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:227403. [PMID: 30547646 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.227403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate that the radiative decay rate of a quantum emitter is determined by the combined electric and magnetic local density of optical states (LDOS). A Drexhage-style experiment was performed for two distinct quantum emitters, divalent nickel ions in magnesium oxide and trivalent erbium ions in yttrium oxide, which both support nearly equal mixtures of isotropic electric dipole and magnetic dipole transitions. The disappearance of lifetime oscillations as a function of emitter-interface separation distance confirms that the electromagnetic LDOS refers to the total mode density, and thus similar to thermal emission, these unique electronic emitters effectively excite all polarizations and orientations of the electromagnetic field.
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- Dongfang Li
- School of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- School of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- School of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- School of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- School of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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Poulikakos LV, Thureja P, Stollmann A, De Leo E, Norris DJ. Chiral Light Design and Detection Inspired by Optical Antenna Theory. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:4633-4640. [PMID: 29533637 PMCID: PMC6089498 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Chiral metallic nanostructures can generate evanescent fields which are more highly twisted than circularly polarized light. However, it remains unclear how best to exploit this phenomenon, hindering the optimal utilization of chiral electromagnetic fields. Here, inspired by optical antenna theory, we address this challenge by introducing chiral antenna parameters: the chirality flux efficiency and the chiral antenna aperture. These quantities, which are based on chirality conservation, quantify the generation and dissipation of chiral light. We then present a label-free experimental technique, chirality flux spectroscopy, which measures the chirality flux efficiency, providing valuable information on chiral near fields in the far field. This principle is verified theoretically and experimentally with two-dimensionally chiral coupled nanorod antennas, for which we show that chiral near and far fields are linearly dependent on the magnetoelectric polarizability. This elementary system confirms our concept to quantify chiral electromagnetic fields and paves the way toward broadly tunable chiral optical applications including ultrasensitive detection of molecular chirality or optical information storage and transfer.
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Hui Y, Cui Z, Li Y, Zhao W, Han Y. Propagation and dynamical characteristics of a Bessel-Gaussian beam in a chiral medium. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2018; 35:1299-1305. [PMID: 30110291 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.35.001299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Based on the ABCD transfer matrix and Collins formula, the analytical expressions of the complex amplitude of the Bessel-Gaussian beam in a chiral medium are derived. By introducing vector potential in the Lorentz gauge, the electromagnetic field components of the Bessel-Gaussian beam are determined under the paraxial approximation. Through numerical calculations, the propagation of the Bessel-Gaussian beam in a chiral medium is examined. Results show that Bessel-Gaussian beams split into the left circularly polarized beam and the right circularly polarized beam with different propagation trajectories. The propagation trajectory of the Bessel-Gaussian beam can be controlled by varying half-cone angles of the Bessel-Gaussian beam and the chiral parameter of the medium. The dynamical characteristics, including energy, momentum, spin, and orbital angular momentum, of Bessel-Gaussian beams in a chiral medium are also simulated and discussed in detail. The results will be helpful to understand the interaction mechanism between structured light beams and a chiral medium.
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Symmetries, Conserved Properties, Tensor Representations, and Irreducible Forms in Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics. Symmetry (Basel) 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/sym10070298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the wide realm of applications of quantum electrodynamics, a non-covariant formulation of theory is particularly well suited to describing the interactions of light with molecular matter. The robust framework upon which this formulation is built, fully accounting for the intrinsically quantum nature of both light and the molecular states, enables powerful symmetry principles to be applied. With their origins in the fundamental transformation properties of the electromagnetic field, the application of these principles can readily resolve issues concerning the validity of mechanisms, as well as facilitate the identification of conditions for widely ranging forms of linear and nonlinear optics. Considerations of temporal, structural, and tensorial symmetry offer significant additional advantages in correctly registering chiral forms of interaction. More generally, the implementation of symmetry principles can considerably simplify analysis by reducing the number of independent quantities necessary to relate to experimental results to a minimum. In this account, a variety of such principles are drawn out with reference to applications, including recent advances. Connections are established with parity, duality, angular momentum, continuity equations, conservation laws, chirality, and spectroscopic selection rules. Particular attention is paid to the optical interactions of molecules as they are commonly studied, in fluids and randomly organised media.
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Woźniak P, De Leon I, Höflich K, Haverkamp C, Christiansen S, Leuchs G, Banzer P. Chiroptical response of a single plasmonic nanohelix. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:19275-19293. [PMID: 30114185 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.019275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We investigate the chiroptical response of a single plasmonic nanohelix interacting with a weakly focused circularly polarized Gaussian beam. The optical scattering at the fundamental resonance is characterized experimentally and numerically. The angularly resolved scattering of the excited nanohelix is verified experimentally and it validates the numerical results. We employ a multipole decomposition analysis to study the fundamental and first higher-order resonance of the nanohelix, explaining their chiral properties in terms of the formation of chiral dipoles.
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Frequency and Polarization-Diversified Linear Sampling Methods for Microwave Tomography and Remote Sensing Using Electromagnetic Metamaterials. ELECTRONICS 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics6040085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Metamaterial leaky wave antennas (MTM-LWAs), one kind of frequency scanning antennas, exhibit frequency-space mapping characteristics that can be utilized to obtain a sufficient field of view (FOV) and reconstruct shapes in both remote sensing and microwave imaging. In this article, we utilize MTM-LWAs to conduct a spectrally encoded three-dimensional (3D) microwave tomography and remote sensing that can reconstruct conductive targets with various dimensions. In this novel imaging technique, we employ the linear sampling method (LSM) as a powerful and fast reconstruction approach. Unlike the traditional LSM using only one single frequency to illuminate a fixed direction, the proposed method utilizes a frequency scanning MTM antenna array able to accomplish frequency-space mapping over the targeted 3D background that includes unknown objects. In addition, a novel technique based on a frequency and polarization hybrid method is proposed to improve the shape reconstruction resolution and stability in ill-posed inverse problems. Both simulation and experimental results demonstrate the unique advantages of the proposed LSM using MTM-LWAs with frequency and polarization diversity as an efficient 3D remote sensing and tomography scheme.
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Ma X, Pu M, Li X, Guo Y, Gao P, Luo X. Meta-Chirality: Fundamentals, Construction and Applications. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 7:E116. [PMID: 28513560 PMCID: PMC5449997 DOI: 10.3390/nano7050116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chiral metamaterials represent a special type of artificial structures that cannot be superposed to their mirror images. Due to the lack of mirror symmetry, cross-coupling between electric and magnetic fields exist in chiral mediums and present unique electromagnetic characters of circular dichroism and optical activity, which provide a new opportunity to tune polarization and realize negative refractive index. Chiral metamaterials have attracted great attentions in recent years and have given rise to a series of applications in polarization manipulation, imaging, chemical and biological detection, and nonlinear optics. Here we review the fundamental theory of chiral media and analyze the construction principles of some typical chiral metamaterials. Then, the progress in extrinsic chiral metamaterials, absorbing chiral metamaterials, and reconfigurable chiral metamaterials are summarized. In the last section, future trends in chiral metamaterials and application in nonlinear optics are introduced.
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- Xiaoliang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu 610209, China.
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Slyngborg M, Tsao YC, Fojan P. Large-scale fabrication of achiral plasmonic metamaterials with giant chiroptical response. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 7:914-925. [PMID: 27547608 PMCID: PMC4979657 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A variety of extrinsic chiral metamaterials were fabricated by a combination of self-ordering anodic oxidation of aluminum foil, nanoimprint lithography and glancing angle deposition. All of these techniques are scalable and pose a significant improvement to standard metamaterial fabrication techniques. Different interpore distances and glancing angle depositions enable the plasmonic resonance wavelength to be tunable in the range from UVA to IR. These extrinsic chiral metamaterials only exhibit significant chiroptical response at non-normal angles of incidence. This intrinsic property enables the probing of both enantoimeric structures on the same sample, by inverting the tilt of the sample relative to the normal angle. In biosensor applications this allows for more precise, cheap and commercialized devices. As a proof of concept two different molecules were used to probe the sensitivity of the metamaterials. These proved the applicability to sense proteins through non-specific adsorption on the metamaterial surface or through functionalized surfaces to increase the sensing sensitivity. Besides increasing the sensing sensitivity, these metamaterials may also be commercialized and find applications in surface-enhanced IR spectroscopy, terahertz generation and terahertz circular dichroism spectroscopy.
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- Morten Slyngborg
- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
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Cotrufo M, Osorio CI, Koenderink AF. Spin-Dependent Emission from Arrays of Planar Chiral Nanoantennas Due to Lattice and Localized Plasmon Resonances. ACS NANO 2016; 10:3389-3397. [PMID: 26854880 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chiral plasmonic nanoantennas manifest a strong asymmetric response to circularly polarized light. Particularly, the geometric handedness of a plasmonic structure can alter the circular polarization state of light emitted from nearby sources, leading to a spin-dependent emission direction. In past experiments, these effects have been attributed entirely to the localized plasmonic resonances of single antennas. In this work, we demonstrate that, when chiral nanoparticles are arranged in diffractive arrays, lattice resonances play a primary role in determining the spin-dependent emission of light. We fabricate 2D diffractive arrays of planar chiral metallic nanoparticles embedded in a light-emitting dye-doped slab. By measuring the polarized photoluminescence enhancement, we show that the geometric chirality of the array's unit cell induces a preferential circular polarization, and that both the localized surface plasmon resonance and the delocalized hybrid plasmonic-photonic mode contribute to this phenomenon. By further mapping the angle-resolved degree of circular polarization, we demonstrate that strong chiral dissymmetries are mainly localized at the narrow emission directions of the surface lattice resonances. We validate these results against a coupled dipole model calculation, which correctly reproduces the main features. Our findings demonstrate that, in diffractive arrays, lattice resonances play a primary role into the light spin-orbit effect, introducing a highly nontrivial behavior in the angular spectra.
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- Michele Cotrufo
- COBRA Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology , 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF , Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF , Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF , Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The local density of optical states of a metasurface. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20655. [PMID: 26868601 PMCID: PMC4751612 DOI: 10.1038/srep20655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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While metamaterials are often desirable for near-field functions, such as perfect lensing, or cloaking, they are often quantified by their response to plane waves from the far field. Here, we present a theoretical analysis of the local density of states near lattices of discrete magnetic scatterers, i.e., the response to near field excitation by a point source. Based on a pointdipole theory using Ewald summation and an array scanning method, we can swiftly and semi-analytically evaluate the local density of states (LDOS) for magnetoelectric point sources in front of an infinite two-dimensional (2D) lattice composed of arbitrary magnetoelectric dipole scatterers. The method takes into account radiation damping as well as all retarded electrodynamic interactions in a self-consistent manner. We show that a lattice of magnetic scatterers evidences characteristic Drexhage oscillations. However, the oscillations are phase shifted relative to the electrically scattering lattice consistent with the difference expected for reflection off homogeneous magnetic respectively electric mirrors. Furthermore, we identify in which source-surface separation regimes the metasurface may be treated as a homogeneous interface, and in which homogenization fails. A strong frequency and in-plane position dependence of the LDOS close to the lattice reveals coupling to guided modes supported by the lattice.
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De Leon I, Horton MJ, Schulz SA, Upham J, Banzer P, Boyd RW. Strong, spectrally-tunable chirality in diffractive metasurfaces. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13034. [PMID: 26338445 PMCID: PMC4559672 DOI: 10.1038/srep13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Metamaterials and metasurfaces provide a paradigm-changing approach for manipulating light. Their potential has been evinced by recent demonstrations of chiral responses much greater than those of natural materials. Here, we demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the extrinsic chiral response of a metasurface can be dramatically enhanced by near-field diffraction effects. At the core of this phenomenon are lattice plasmon modes that respond selectively to the illumination's polarization handedness. The metasurface exhibits sharp features in its circular dichroism spectra, which are tunable over a broad bandwidth by changing the illumination angle over a few degrees. Using this property, we demonstrate an ultra-thin circular-polarization sensitive spectral filter with a linewidth of ~10 nm, which can be dynamically tuned over a spectral range of 200 nm. Chiral diffractive metasurfaces, such as the one proposed here, open exciting possibilities for ultra-thin photonic devices with tunable, spin-controlled functionality.
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- Israel De Leon
- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
- Institute of Optics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14627
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Dong L, Haslinger MJ, Danzberger J, Bergmair I, Hingerl K, Hrelescu C, Klar TA. Giant cross polarization in a nanoimprinted metamaterial combining a fishnet with its Babinet complement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:19034-19046. [PMID: 26367566 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.019034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present a large area (1 cm2) nanoimprinted metamaterial comprising a fishnet structure and its Babinet complement, which shows giant cross polarization. When illuminated with s-polarized light, the reflected beam can be p-polarized up to 96%, depending on the azimuthal orientation of the sample. This experimental result is close to the result of numerical simulations, which predict 98.7% of cross-polarization. It is further shown, that 95-100% cross polarization is only achieved in the case when the fishnet is combined with its Babinet complement. Each structure alone (either an ordinary fishnet or a plane with metallic rectangles only) shows substantially less polarization conversion.
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Rodriguez SRK, Bernal Arango F, Steinbusch TP, Verschuuren MA, Koenderink AF, Gómez Rivas J. Breaking the symmetry of forward-backward light emission with localized and collective magnetoelectric resonances in arrays of pyramid-shaped aluminum nanoparticles. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:247401. [PMID: 25541803 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.247401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We propose aluminum nanopyramids (ANPs) as magnetoelectric optical antennas to tailor the forward versus backward luminescence spectrum. We present light extinction and emission experiments for an ANP array wherein magnetoelectric localized resonances couple to in-plane diffracted orders. This coupling leads to spectrally sharp collective resonances. Luminescent molecules drive both localized and collective resonances, and we experimentally demonstrate an unconventional forward versus backward luminescence spectrum. Through analytical calculations, we show that the magnetic, magnetoelectric, and quadrupolar moments of ANPs—which lie at the origin of the observed effects—are enhanced by their tapering and height. Full-wave simulations show that localized and delocalized magnetic surface waves, with an excitation strength depending on the plane wave direction, direct the forward versus backward emitted intensity.
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- S R K Rodriguez
- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, c/o Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, c/o Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, c/o Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands and COBRA Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Angular momentum-induced circular dichroism in non-chiral nanostructures. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4922. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Directional emission from a single plasmonic scatterer. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3250. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Hancu IM, Curto AG, Castro-López M, Kuttge M, van Hulst NF. Multipolar interference for directed light emission. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:166-71. [PMID: 24279805 DOI: 10.1021/nl403681g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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By directing light, optical antennas can enhance light-matter interaction and improve the efficiency of nanophotonic devices. Here we exploit the interference among the electric dipole, quadrupole, and magnetic dipole moments of a split-ring resonator to experimentally realize a compact directional optical antenna. This single-element antenna design robustly directs emission even when covered with nanometric emitters at random positions, outperforming previously demonstrated nanoantennas with a bandwidth of 200 nm and a directivity of 10.1 dB from a subwavelength structure. The advantages of this approach bring directional optical antennas closer to practical applications.
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- Ion M Hancu
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques , Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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