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Lu X, Tognazzi A, Cino AC, De Angelis C, Xu G, Zhang T, Shishmarev D. High-aspect-ratio dielectric pillar with nanocavity backed by metal substrate in the infrared range. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:39213-39221. [PMID: 38018005 DOI: 10.1364/oe.506208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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We investigated absorption and field enhancements of shallow nanocavities on top of high-aspect-ratio dielectric pillars in the infrared range. The structure includes a high-aspect-ratio nanopillar array of high refractive index, with nano-cavities on top of the pillars, and a metal plane at the bottom. The enhancement factor of electric field intensity reaches 3180 in the nanocavities and peak absorption reaches 99%. We also investigated the finite-size effect of the presented structure to simulate real experiments. Due to its narrow absorption bandwidth 3.5 nm, it can work as a refractive index sensor with sensitivity 297.5 nm/RIU and figure of merit 85. This paves the way to directly control light field at the nanoscales in the infrared light range. The investigated nanostructure will find applications in multifunctional photonics devices such as chips for culturing cells, refractive index sensors, biosensors of single molecule detection and nonlinear sensors.
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McPolin CPT, Vila YN, Krasavin AV, Llorca J, Zayats AV. Multimode hybrid gold-silicon nanoantennas for tailored nanoscale optical confinement. NANOPHOTONICS 2023; 12:2997-3005. [PMID: 37457505 PMCID: PMC10344444 DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2023-0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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High-index dielectric nanoantennas, which provide an interplay between electric and magnetic modes, have been widely used as building blocks for a variety of devices and metasurfaces, both in linear and nonlinear regimes. Here, we investigate hybrid metal-semiconductor nanoantennas, consisting of a multimode silicon nanopillar core coated with a gold layer, that offer an enhanced degree of control over the mode selection and confinement, and emission of light on the nanoscale exploiting high-order electric and magnetic resonances. Cathodoluminescence spectra revealed a multitude of resonant modes supported by the nanoantennas due to hybridization of the Mie resonances of the core and the plasmonic resonances of the shell. Eigenmode analysis revealed the modes that exhibit enhanced field localization at the gold interface, together with high confinement within the nanopillar volume. Consequently, this architecture provides a flexible means of engineering nanoscale components with tailored optical modes and field confinement for a plethora of applications, including sensing, hot-electron photodetection and nanophotonics with cylindrical vector beams.
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- Cillian P. T. McPolin
- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, LondonWC2R 2LS, UK
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, LondonWC2R 2LS, UK
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicacions de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, LondonWC2R 2LS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, LondonWC2R 2LS, UK
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Ali RF, Busche JA, Kamal S, Masiello DJ, Gates BD. Near-field enhancement of optical second harmonic generation in hybrid gold-lithium niobate nanostructures. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:99. [PMID: 37185262 PMCID: PMC10130160 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Nanophotonics research has focused recently on the ability of nonlinear optical processes to mediate and transform optical signals in a myriad of novel devices, including optical modulators, transducers, color filters, photodetectors, photon sources, and ultrafast optical switches. The inherent weakness of optical nonlinearities at smaller scales has, however, hindered the realization of efficient miniaturized devices, and strategies for enhancing both device efficiencies and synthesis throughput via nanoengineering remain limited. Here, we demonstrate a novel mechanism by which second harmonic generation, a prototypical nonlinear optical phenomenon, from individual lithium niobate particles can be significantly enhanced through nonradiative coupling to the localized surface plasmon resonances of embedded gold nanoparticles. A joint experimental and theoretical investigation of single mesoporous lithium niobate particles coated with a dispersed layer of ~10 nm diameter gold nanoparticles shows that a ~32-fold enhancement of second harmonic generation can be achieved without introducing finely tailored radiative nanoantennas to mediate photon transfer to or from the nonlinear material. This work highlights the limitations of current strategies for enhancing nonlinear optical phenomena and proposes a route through which a new class of subwavelength nonlinear optical platforms can be designed to maximize nonlinear efficiencies through near-field energy exchange.
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- Rana Faryad Ali
- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
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Ray D, Kiselev A, Martin OJF. Multipolar scattering analysis of hybrid metal-dielectric nanostructures. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:24056-24067. [PMID: 34614658 DOI: 10.1364/oe.427911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We perform a systematic study showing the evolution of the multipoles along with the spectra for a hybrid metal-dielectric nanoantenna, a Si cylinder and an Ag disk stacked one on top of another, as its dimensions are varied one by one. We broaden our analysis to demonstrate the "magnetic light" at energies above 1 eV by varying the height of the Ag on the Si cylinder and below 1 eV by introducing insulating spacing between them. We also explore the appearance of the anapole state along with some exceptionally narrow spectral features by varying the radius of the Ag disk.
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Tognazzi A, Okhlopkov KI, Zilli A, Rocco D, Fagiani L, Mafakheri E, Bollani M, Finazzi M, Celebrano M, Shcherbakov MR, Fedyanin AA, De Angelis C. Third-harmonic light polarization control in magnetically resonant silicon metasurfaces. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:11605-11612. [PMID: 33984937 DOI: 10.1364/oe.419829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nonlinear metasurfaces have become prominent tools for controlling and engineering light at the nanoscale. Usually, the polarization of the total generated third harmonic is studied. However, diffraction orders may present different polarizations. Here, we design an high quality factor silicon metasurface for third harmonic generation and perform back focal plane imaging of the diffraction orders, which present a rich variety of polarization states. Our results demonstrate the possibility of tailoring the polarization of the generated nonlinear diffraction orders paving the way to a higher degree of wavefront control.
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Ray D, Raziman TV, Santschi C, Etezadi D, Altug H, Martin OJF. Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Metasurfaces for Refractive Index Sensing. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:8752-8759. [PMID: 33206533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hybrid metal-dielectric nanostructures have recently gained prominence because they combine strong field enhancement of plasmonic metals and the several low-loss radiation channels of dielectric resonators, which are qualities pertaining to the best of both worlds. In this work, an array of such hybrid nanoantennas is successfully fabricated over a large area and utilized for bulk refractive index sensing with a sensitivity of 208 nm/RIU. Each nanoantenna combines a Si cylinder with an Al disk, separated by a SiO2 spacer. Its optical response is analyzed in detail using the multipoles supported by its subparts and their mutual coupling. The nanoantenna is further modified experimentally with an undercut in the SiO2 region to increase the interaction of the electric field with the background medium, which augments the sensitivity to 245 nm/RIU. A detailed multipole analysis of the hybrid nanoantenna supports our experimental findings.
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- Debdatta Ray
- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bionanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bionanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Li Z, Corbett B, Gocalinska A, Pelucchi E, Chen W, Ryan KM, Khan P, Silien C, Xu H, Liu N. Direct visualization of phase-matched efficient second harmonic and broadband sum frequency generation in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:180. [PMID: 33110598 PMCID: PMC7582155 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-00414-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Second harmonic generation and sum frequency generation (SHG and SFG) provide effective means to realize coherent light at desired frequencies when lasing is not easily achievable. They have found applications from sensing to quantum optics and are of particular interest for integrated photonics at communication wavelengths. Decreasing the footprints of nonlinear components while maintaining their high up-conversion efficiency remains a challenge in the miniaturization of integrated photonics. Here we explore lithographically defined AlGaInP nano(micro)structures/Al2O3/Ag as a versatile platform to achieve efficient SHG/SFG in both waveguide and resonant cavity configurations in both narrow- and broadband infrared (IR) wavelength regimes (1300-1600 nm). The effective excitation of highly confined hybrid plasmonic modes at fundamental wavelengths allows efficient SHG/SFG to be achieved in a waveguide of a cross-section of 113 nm × 250 nm, with a mode area on the deep subwavelength scale (λ 2/135) at fundamental wavelengths. Remarkably, we demonstrate direct visualization of SHG/SFG phase-matching evolution in the waveguides. This together with mode analysis highlights the origin of the improved SHG/SFG efficiency. We also demonstrate strongly enhanced SFG with a broadband IR source by exploiting multiple coherent SFG processes on 1 µm diameter AlGaInP disks/Al2O3/Ag with a conversion efficiency of 14.8% MW-1 which is five times the SHG value using the narrowband IR source. In both configurations, the hybrid plasmonic structures exhibit >1000 enhancement in the nonlinear conversion efficiency compared to their photonic counterparts. Our results manifest the potential of developing such nanoscale hybrid plasmonic devices for state-of-the-art on-chip nonlinear optics applications.
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- Zhe Li
- Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- The School of Physics and Technology, Institute for Advanced Studies and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 China
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- Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- The School of Physics and Technology, Institute for Advanced Studies and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 China
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- Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Rocco D, Carletti L, Caputo R, Finazzi M, Celebrano M, De Angelis C. Switching the second harmonic generation by a dielectric metasurface via tunable liquid crystal. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:12037-12046. [PMID: 32403705 DOI: 10.1364/oe.386776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Optical modulators are key ingredients in optoelectronics applications ranging from energy harvesting, sensor and imaging devices. In this framework, nonlinear photon conversion mechanisms constitute an attractive opportunity to add logic capabilities to these apparatuses. Here, we investigate the directionality of the emitted second harmonic signal generated in a dielectric metasurface consisting of AlGaAs nanocylinders embedded into a liquid crystal matrix. We numerically demonstrate that, by switching the liquid crystal orientation with a realistic voltage bias, it is possible to modulate the total power and the emission pattern of the SH signal coming from the proposed metasurface. Our results open important opportunities for tunable metadevices such as nonlinear holograms and dynamic displays.
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Fleischer M, Zhang D, Meixner AJ. Optically and electrically driven nanoantennas. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 11:1542-1545. [PMID: 33094087 PMCID: PMC7554664 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Monika Fleischer
- Institute for Applied Physics and Center LISA⁺, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center LISA⁺, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center LISA⁺, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Carletti L, de Ceglia D, Vincenti MA, De Angelis C. Self-tuning of second-harmonic generation in GaAs nanowires enabled by nonlinear absorption. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:32480-32489. [PMID: 31684460 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.032480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We investigate the effects of nonlinear absorption of the pump beam on second-harmonic generation in GaAs nanowires. Our model includes nonlinear absorption of the pump and allows obtaining a self-consistent solution of the nonlinear Maxwell equations. First, we observe that SHG conversion efficiency can be limited from two-photon absorption and generated free-carriers depending on the pump intensity. Second, we show a method to modulate the SHG response by varying the pump beam intensity. We find that varying the pump intensity from 1 GW/cm2 up to 15 GW/cm2 can red-shift the SH peak wavelength up to 5 nm and modulate the conversion efficiency at a fixed pump wavelength up to 60%. Our results enable new applications of dielectric nanoresonators for nonlinear applications such as harmonic generation, optical switching, and all-optical ultrafast modulation.
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Du K, Li P, Gao K, Wang H, Yang Z, Zhang W, Xiao F, Chua SJ, Mei T. Strong Coupling between Dark Plasmon and Anapole Modes. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4699-4705. [PMID: 31364854 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Plasmonic nanocavities enable extreme light-matter interaction by pushing light down to the nanoscale. The dipolar feature of bright modes allows coupling with the external excitation from free space but results in a radiating background, whereas nonradiating dark plasmon modes can hardly be excited. Here, we report for the first time on strong coupling between dark plasmon and anapole modes in a hybrid metal-dielectric nanostructure. With the aid of vanishing dipole characteristics of the anapole and dark plasmons, the hybrid modes exhibit minimum far-field scattering and maximum near-field enhancement. The dark mode coupling in the metal-dielectric nanostructure offers a nonradiating air cavity with greatly improved field enhancement in a broadened band, thus providing a background-free experimental platform for spectroscopic applications. The proposed approach to dark plasmon excitation, i.e., via anapole, may boost practical exploitation of dark plasmons by allowing linearly polarized light illumination and scalable arrays of individual nanostructure units.
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- Kang Du
- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 3 , 117583 Singapore
- LEES Program, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) , 1 CREATE Way, #10-01 CREATE Tower , 138602 Singapore
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science , Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710129 , China
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Ahmadivand A, Gerislioglu B, Ramezani Z. Generation of magnetoelectric photocurrents using toroidal resonances: a new class of infrared plasmonic photodetectors. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:13108-13116. [PMID: 31268076 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr04312h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The detection of photons by plasmonic subwavelength devices underpins spectroscopy, low-power wavelength division multiplexing for short-distance optical communication, imaging, and time-gated distance measurements. In this work, we demonstrate infrared light-sensing using toroidal dipole-resonant plasmonic multipixel meta-atoms. As a key factor, the toroidal dipolar mode is an extremely localized electromagnetic excitation independent of the conventional multipoles. The exquisite behavior of this mode enables significant enhancements in the localized electromagnetic field and absorption cross-section, which boost the field confinement at the metal-dielectric interfaces. The proposed novel approach offers an advanced photodetection of the incident light based on substantial confinement of electromagnetic fields in a tiny spot, giving rise to the generation of hot carriers and a large photocurrent. Using both n- and p-type silicon (Si) substrates, we exploited the free-carrier absorption advantage of p-type Si to devise a high-responsivity device. Our findings show an unprecedented performance for infrared plasmonic photodetectors with low noises, high detectivity and remarkable internal quantum efficiency (IQE). Moreover, the tailored photodetection device provides a significant linear dynamic range of 46 dB and a fast operation speed. Our narrowband infrared light sensing photodevice offers a promising approach for further research studies over the optoelectronic and plasmonic tools and paves a viable route for low-dimensional photonic systems.
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- Arash Ahmadivand
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, 6100 Main St, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, 6100 Main St, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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Yang Y, Bozhevolnyi SI. Nonradiating anapole states in nanophotonics: from fundamentals to applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:204001. [PMID: 30695763 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab02b0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Nonradiating sources are nontrivial charge-current distributions that do not generate fields outside the source domain. The pursuit of their possible existence has fascinated several generations of physicists and triggered developments in various branches of science ranging from medical imaging to dark matter. Recently, one of the most fundamental types of nonradiating sources, named anapole states, has been realized in nanophotonics regime and soon spurred considerable research efforts and widespread interest. A series of astounding advances have been achieved within a very short period of time, uncovering the great potential of anapole states in many aspects such as lasing, sensing, metamaterials, and nonlinear optics. In this review, we provide a detailed account of anapole states in nanophotonics research, encompassing their basic concepts, historical origins, and new physical effects. We discuss the recent research frontiers in understanding and employing optical anapoles and provide an outlook for this vibrant field of research.
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- Yuanqing Yang
- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Boosting Second Harmonic Radiation from AlGaAs Nanoantennas with Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app8112212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Enhancing the second harmonic conversion efficiency at the nanoscale is a critical challenge in nonlinear optics. Here we propose the use of epsilon-near-zero materials to boost the nonlinear radiation in the far field. Here, a comparison of the second harmonic behavior of a cylindrical AlGaAs nanoantenna placed over different semi-infinite layers is presented. In particular, we observed that the second harmonic generation is strongly enhanced and redirected by the simultaneous presence of a resonance at the fundamental wavelength and a low-permittivity condition in the substrate at the harmonic wavelength. Our results pave the way for a novel approach to enhance optical nonlinearities at the nanoscale.
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