• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 11, 1084 (2018)
Evgeni A. Bezus1、2、*, Dmitry A. Bykov1、2, and Leonid L. Doskolovich1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Image Processing Systems Institute—Branch of the Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 151 Molodogvardeyskaya St., Samara 443001, Russia
  • 2Samara National Research University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara 443086, Russia
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    Evgeni A. Bezus, Dmitry A. Bykov, Leonid L. Doskolovich. Bound states in the continuum and high-Q resonances supported by a dielectric ridge on a slab waveguide[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 1084 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We investigate the diffraction of the guided modes of a dielectric slab waveguide on a simple integrated structure consisting of a single dielectric ridge on the surface of the waveguide. Numerical simulations based on aperiodic rigorous coupled-wave analysis demonstrate the existence of sharp resonant features and bound states in the continuum (BICs) in the reflectance and transmittance spectra occurring at the oblique incidence of a transverse-electric (TE)-polarized guided mode on the ridge. Using the effective index method, we explain the resonances by the excitation of cross-polarized modes of the ridge. Formation of the BICs are confirmed using a theoretical model based on coupled-wave theory. The model suggests that the BICs occur due to the coupling of quasi-TE and quasi-transverse-magnetic modes of the structure. Simple analytical expressions for the angle of incidence and the ridge width predicting the location of the BICs are obtained. The existence of high-Q resonances and BICs enables using the considered integrated structure for sensing, transformation of optical signals, and enhancing nonlinear light–matter interactions. Due to the Lorentzian line shape of the resonances near the BICs, the structure is also promising for filtering applications.
    θsub=arcsin(ϵsub/nTE),(1)

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    θTM=arcsin(nTM/nTE),(2)

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    θTM,r=arcsin(nTM,r/nTE).(3)

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    tan(kw)=2kγk2γ2,(4)

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    ϕ=wk02nTE,r2ky2,ψ=wk02nTM,r2ky2.(5)

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    [U1eiϕV1eiψR]=[r1rctrcr2tcttcr]×[U2V2I],(6)

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    {U1=eiϕ(r1U2+rcV2+tI),V1=eiψ(rcU2+r2V2+tcI),U2=eiϕ(r1U1+rcV1),V2=eiψ(rcU1+r2V1),R=tU2+tcV2+rI.(7)

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    R=r+ND1D2.(8)

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    D1=(eiϕ+r1)(eiψ+r2)rc2,(9)

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    D2=(eiϕr1)(eiψr2)rc2,(10)

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    N=r1t2e2iψ+2rctcteiϕeiψ+r2tc2e2iϕ(r1r2rc2)(r2t22rctct+r1tc2).(11)

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    D1D2=0.(12)

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    {D1=0,N=0.(13)

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    eiϕ=tcrctr1tc,eiψ=trctcr2t.(14)

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    eiϕ=±r2r1(r1r2rc2),eiψ=r1r2(r1r2rc2).(15)

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    ϕ=πm+argtcrctr1tc,ψ=πl+argtrctcr2t.(16)

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    ω=cwϕ2ψ2nTE,r2nTM,r2,ky=1wϕ2nTM,r2ψ2nTE,r2nTE,r2nTM,r2.(17)

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    w=1k0ϕ2ψ2nTE,r2nTM,r2,θ=arcsin(1nTEϕ2nTM,r2ψ2nTE,r2ϕ2ψ2).(18)

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    Evgeni A. Bezus, Dmitry A. Bykov, Leonid L. Doskolovich. Bound states in the continuum and high-Q resonances supported by a dielectric ridge on a slab waveguide[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 1084
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