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Safronov KR, Gulkin DN, Antropov IM, Abrashitova KA, Bessonov VO, Fedyanin AA. Multimode Interference of Bloch Surface Electromagnetic Waves. ACS NANO 2020; 14:10428-10437. [PMID: 32806066 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Integrated photonics aims at on-chip controlling light in the micro- and nanoscale ranges utilizing the waveguide circuits, which include such basic elements as splitters, multiplexers, and phase shifters. Several photonic platforms, including the well-developed silicon-on-insulator and surface-plasmon polaritons ones, operate well mostly in the IR region. However, operating in the visible region is challenging because of the drawbacks originating from absorption or sophisticated fabrication technology. Recently, a new promising all-dielectric platform based on Bloch surface electromagnetic waves (BSWs) in multilayer structures and functioning in the visible range has emerged finding a lot of applications primarily in sensing. Here, we show the effect of multimode interference (MMI) of BSWs and propose a method for implementing the advanced integrated photonic devices on the BSW platform. We determine the main parameters of MMI effect and demonstrate the operation of Mach-Zehnder interferometers with a predefined phase shift proving the principle of MMI BSW-based photonics in the visible spectrum. Our research will be useful for further developing a versatile toolbox of the BSW platform devices which can be essential in integrated photonics, lab-on-chip, and sensing applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kirill R Safronov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Wang R, Chen J, Xiang Y, Kuai Y, Wang P, Ming H, Lakowicz JR, Zhang D. Two-Dimensional Photonic Devices based on Bloch Surface Waves with One-Dimensional Grooves. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 2018; 10:024032. [PMID: 31576366 PMCID: PMC6769415 DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.10.024032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Both experiments and simulations show that the polarization state and propagation path of the Bloch surface waves sustained on a dielectric multilayer, can be manipulated with the grooves inscribed on this multilayer. These grooves can be easily producible, accessible and controllable. Various nano-devices for the Bloch surface waves, such as the launcher, beam splitter, reflector, polarization rotator, and even the photonic single-pole double-throw switch, were all experimentally realized with the properly designed grooves, which are consistent with the numerical simulations. The proposed devices will be basic elements for the two-dimensional photonic system, and will find numerous applications, including integrated photonics, molecular sensing, imaging and micro-manipulation.
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- Ruxue Wang
- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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- School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan 621010, P.R. China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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- Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China
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