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Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics
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Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics
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49 Article(s)
Active metasurface via magnetic control for tri-channel polarization multiplexing holography
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Editors' Pick
Yu Bi, Lingling Huang, Tuo Li, Changhong Wang, Xiaofeng Zou, Lang Zhou, and Guoguo Kang
Active metasurfaces have recently attracted more attention since they can make the light manipulation be versatile and real-time. Metasurfaces-based holography possesses the advantages of high spatial resolution and enormous information capacity for applications in optical displays and encryption. In this work, a tunable polarization multiplexing holographic metasurface controlled by an external magnetic field is proposed. The elaborately designed nanoantennas are arranged on the magneto-optical intermediate layer, which is placed on the metallic reflecting layer. Since the non-diagonal elements of the dielectric tensor of the magneto-optical material become non-zero values once the external magnetic field is applied, the differential absorption for the left and right circularly polarized light can be generated. Meanwhile, the amplitude and phase can be flexibly modulated by changing the sizes of the nanoantennas. Based on this, the dynamic multichannel holographic display of metasurface in the linear and circular polarization channels is realized via magnetic control, and it can provide enhanced security for optical information storage. This work paves the way for the realization of magnetically controllable phase modulation, which is promising in dynamic wavefront control and optical information encryption.
Active metasurfaces have recently attracted more attention since they can make the light manipulation be versatile and real-time. Metasurfaces-based holography possesses the advantages of high spatial resolution and enormous information capacity for applications in optical displays and encryption. In this work, a tunable polarization multiplexing holographic metasurface controlled by an external magnetic field is proposed. The elaborately designed nanoantennas are arranged on the magneto-optical intermediate layer, which is placed on the metallic reflecting layer. Since the non-diagonal elements of the dielectric tensor of the magneto-optical material become non-zero values once the external magnetic field is applied, the differential absorption for the left and right circularly polarized light can be generated. Meanwhile, the amplitude and phase can be flexibly modulated by changing the sizes of the nanoantennas. Based on this, the dynamic multichannel holographic display of metasurface in the linear and circular polarization channels is realized via magnetic control, and it can provide enhanced security for optical information storage. This work paves the way for the realization of magnetically controllable phase modulation, which is promising in dynamic wavefront control and optical information encryption.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Apr. 18, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 4, 043601 (2024)
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Recent progress in thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystal [Invited]
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Rui Ge, Jiangwei Wu, Xiangmin Liu, Yuping Chen, and Xianfeng Chen
Lithium niobate is a material that exhibits outstanding electro-optic, nonlinear optical, acousto-optic, piezoelectric, photorefractive, and pyroelectric properties. A thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystal can confine light in the sub-wavelength scale, which is beneficial to the integration of the lithium niobate on-chip device. The commercialization of the lithium niobate on insulator gives birth to the emergence of high-quality lithium niobate photonic crystals. In order to provide guidance to the research of lithium niobate photonic crystal devices, recent progress about fabrication, characterization, and applications of the thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystal is reviewed. The performance parameters of the different devices are compared.
Lithium niobate is a material that exhibits outstanding electro-optic, nonlinear optical, acousto-optic, piezoelectric, photorefractive, and pyroelectric properties. A thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystal can confine light in the sub-wavelength scale, which is beneficial to the integration of the lithium niobate on-chip device. The commercialization of the lithium niobate on insulator gives birth to the emergence of high-quality lithium niobate photonic crystals. In order to provide guidance to the research of lithium niobate photonic crystal devices, recent progress about fabrication, characterization, and applications of the thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystal is reviewed. The performance parameters of the different devices are compared.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Feb. 20, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 3, 033602 (2024)
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Vortex localization and OAM selective conversion via cylindrical metagratings
Zhanlei Hao, Shan Zhu, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Yadong Xu, and Huanyang Chen
Vortex waves with orbital angular momentum (OAM) are a highly active research topic in various fields. In this paper, we design and investigate cylindrical metagratings (CMs) with an even number of unit cells that can efficiently achieve vortex localization and specific OAM selective conversion. The multifunctional manipulation of vortex waves and the new OAM conservation law have further been confirmed through analytical calculations and numerical simulations. In addition, we qualitatively and quantitatively determine the OAM range for vortex localization and the OAM value of vortex selective conversion and also explore the stability for performance and potential applications of the designed structure. This work holds potential applications in particle manipulation and optical communication.
Vortex waves with orbital angular momentum (OAM) are a highly active research topic in various fields. In this paper, we design and investigate cylindrical metagratings (CMs) with an even number of unit cells that can efficiently achieve vortex localization and specific OAM selective conversion. The multifunctional manipulation of vortex waves and the new OAM conservation law have further been confirmed through analytical calculations and numerical simulations. In addition, we qualitatively and quantitatively determine the OAM range for vortex localization and the OAM value of vortex selective conversion and also explore the stability for performance and potential applications of the designed structure. This work holds potential applications in particle manipulation and optical communication.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Mar. 04, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 3, 033601 (2024)
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A vectorial model for the nonlinear gradient force exerted on metallic Rayleigh nanoparticles
Zheng Zhu, Yuquan Zhang, Changjun Min, Aurèle J. L. Adam, H. Paul Urbach, and Xiaocong Yuan
Optical tweezers have proved to be a powerful tool with a wide range of applications. The gradient force plays a vital role in the stable optical trapping of nano-objects. The scalar method is convenient and effective for analyzing the gradient force in traditional optical trapping. However, when the third-order nonlinear effect of the nano-object is stimulated, the scalar method cannot adequately present the optical response of the metal nanoparticle to the external optical field. Here, we propose a theoretical model to interpret the nonlinear gradient force using the vector method. By combining the optical Kerr effect, the polarizability vector of the metallic nanoparticle is derived. A quantitative analysis is obtained for the gradient force as well as for the optical potential well. The vector method yields better agreement with reported experimental observations. We suggest that this method could lead to a deeper understanding of the physics relevant to nonlinear optical trapping and binding phenomena.
Optical tweezers have proved to be a powerful tool with a wide range of applications. The gradient force plays a vital role in the stable optical trapping of nano-objects. The scalar method is convenient and effective for analyzing the gradient force in traditional optical trapping. However, when the third-order nonlinear effect of the nano-object is stimulated, the scalar method cannot adequately present the optical response of the metal nanoparticle to the external optical field. Here, we propose a theoretical model to interpret the nonlinear gradient force using the vector method. By combining the optical Kerr effect, the polarizability vector of the metallic nanoparticle is derived. A quantitative analysis is obtained for the gradient force as well as for the optical potential well. The vector method yields better agreement with reported experimental observations. We suggest that this method could lead to a deeper understanding of the physics relevant to nonlinear optical trapping and binding phenomena.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Feb. 27, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 2, 023603 (2024)
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Dual-symmetry-perturbed all-dielectric resonant metasurfaces for high-Q perfect light absorption
Junyang Ge, Yixiao Gao, Lei Xu, Ning Zhou, and Xiang Shen
We demonstrate a high-Q perfect light absorber based on all-dielectric doubly-resonant metasurface. Leveraging bound states in the continuum (BICs) protected by different symmetries, we manage to independently manipulate the Q factors of the two degenerate quasi-BICs through dual-symmetry perturbations, achieving precise matching of the radiative and nonradiative Q factors for degenerate critical coupling. We achieve a narrowband light absorption with a >600 Q factor and a > 99% absorptance at λ0 = 1550 nm on an asymmetric germanium metasurface with a 0.2λ0 thickness. Our work provides a new strategy for engineering multiresonant metasurfaces for narrowband light absorption and nonlinear applications.
We demonstrate a high-Q perfect light absorber based on all-dielectric doubly-resonant metasurface. Leveraging bound states in the continuum (BICs) protected by different symmetries, we manage to independently manipulate the Q factors of the two degenerate quasi-BICs through dual-symmetry perturbations, achieving precise matching of the radiative and nonradiative Q factors for degenerate critical coupling. We achieve a narrowband light absorption with a >600 Q factor and a > 99% absorptance at λ0 = 1550 nm on an asymmetric germanium metasurface with a 0.2λ0 thickness. Our work provides a new strategy for engineering multiresonant metasurfaces for narrowband light absorption and nonlinear applications.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Feb. 27, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 2, 023602 (2024)
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Inverse-designed Jones matrix metasurfaces for high-performance meta-polarizers
Zhi-Qiang Wang, Feng-Jun Li, Qian-Mei Deng, Zhou Wan, Xiangping Li, and Zi-Lan Deng
Polarizers have always been an important optical component for optical engineering and have played an indispensable part of polarization imaging systems. Metasurface polarizers provide an excellent platform to achieve miniaturization, high resolution, and low cost of polarization imaging systems. Here, we proposed freeform metasurface polarizers derived by adjoint-based inverse design of a full-Jones matrix with gradient-descent optimization. We designed multiple freeform polarizers with different filtered states of polarization (SOPs), including circular polarizers, elliptical polarizers, and linear polarizers that could cover the full Poincaré sphere. Note that near-unitary polarization dichroism and the ultrahigh polarization extinction ratio (ER) reaching 50 dB were achieved for optimized circular polarizers. The multiple freeform polarizers with filtered polarization state locating at four vertices of an inscribed regular tetrahedron of the Poincaré sphere are designed to form a full-Stokes parameters micropolarizer array. Our work provides a novel approach, we believe, for the design of meta-polarizers that may have potential applications in polarization imaging, polarization detection, and communication.
Polarizers have always been an important optical component for optical engineering and have played an indispensable part of polarization imaging systems. Metasurface polarizers provide an excellent platform to achieve miniaturization, high resolution, and low cost of polarization imaging systems. Here, we proposed freeform metasurface polarizers derived by adjoint-based inverse design of a full-Jones matrix with gradient-descent optimization. We designed multiple freeform polarizers with different filtered states of polarization (SOPs), including circular polarizers, elliptical polarizers, and linear polarizers that could cover the full Poincaré sphere. Note that near-unitary polarization dichroism and the ultrahigh polarization extinction ratio (ER) reaching 50 dB were achieved for optimized circular polarizers. The multiple freeform polarizers with filtered polarization state locating at four vertices of an inscribed regular tetrahedron of the Poincaré sphere are designed to form a full-Stokes parameters micropolarizer array. Our work provides a novel approach, we believe, for the design of meta-polarizers that may have potential applications in polarization imaging, polarization detection, and communication.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Feb. 27, 2024
Vol. 22, Issue 2, 023601 (2024)
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Four-channel metasurface for multiplexing images under two nonorthogonal polarization states
Wenyuan Liu, Yizhou Zhuo, Likun Xiao, Chen Chen, Shu Shang, Hongzhan Liu, Hongyun Meng, Faqiang Wang, Xiangbo Yang, and Zhongchao Wei
By its unparalleled capacity to manipulate optical parameters, metasurfaces demonstrate the ability to simultaneously manipulate the amplitude and phase of incident light. Exhibiting both near-field nanoprinting images and far-field holography images is a quintessential illustration of this capability. In preceding investigations, image multiplexing commonly transpires within the single polarization state or orthogonal polarization states, thereby exhibiting a deficiency in terms of information security when contrasted with the nonorthogonal polarization states. In this research, a multifunctional metasurface with the capability of exhibiting four-channel images has been proposed by using a nanobrick as a quarter-wave plate. Through the adjustment of the orientation angles of each nanobrick, nanoprinting can be displayed under both linearly and circularly polarized light. Building on this, the propagation phase is combined with the geometric phase to generate diverse phase delays, enabling the metasurface to be multiplexed under two nonorthogonal polarization states to achieve four-channel image displays. Intriguingly, bidirectional nanoprinting and bidirectional holography can be achieved by altering the direction of incidence polarization states. The proposed metasurface platform can open new possibilities for creating compact multifunctional optical devices, while also enhancing applications in multichannel image displays, information anticounterfeiting, and encryption.
By its unparalleled capacity to manipulate optical parameters, metasurfaces demonstrate the ability to simultaneously manipulate the amplitude and phase of incident light. Exhibiting both near-field nanoprinting images and far-field holography images is a quintessential illustration of this capability. In preceding investigations, image multiplexing commonly transpires within the single polarization state or orthogonal polarization states, thereby exhibiting a deficiency in terms of information security when contrasted with the nonorthogonal polarization states. In this research, a multifunctional metasurface with the capability of exhibiting four-channel images has been proposed by using a nanobrick as a quarter-wave plate. Through the adjustment of the orientation angles of each nanobrick, nanoprinting can be displayed under both linearly and circularly polarized light. Building on this, the propagation phase is combined with the geometric phase to generate diverse phase delays, enabling the metasurface to be multiplexed under two nonorthogonal polarization states to achieve four-channel image displays. Intriguingly, bidirectional nanoprinting and bidirectional holography can be achieved by altering the direction of incidence polarization states. The proposed metasurface platform can open new possibilities for creating compact multifunctional optical devices, while also enhancing applications in multichannel image displays, information anticounterfeiting, and encryption.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Aug. 21, 2023
Vol. 21, Issue 9, 093601 (2023)
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Active tuning of Si metasurface with large area
Bintao Du, Zhihai Wu, Chengkun Dong, Jun Wu, and Jun Xia
All-dielectric metasurfaces are usually limited because of their static functionality and small scale. In this paper, we use an easy nanofabrication technique to fabricate all-dielectric metasurfaces with the advantages of having dynamic tunability and a large area. Using an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template as an evaporation mask, a large-area metasurface embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (>2 cm2) is fabricated. The metasurface exhibits remarkable electric dipole (ED) and magnetic dipole (MD) resonances. Based on the solvent-swelling effect of PDMS in 20% toluene, the ED/MD resonance peak shifts dynamically ∼40 nm to red. So far, to the best of our knowledge, a large-area metasurface embedded in PDMS and achieved by using the AAO template method has not appeared.
All-dielectric metasurfaces are usually limited because of their static functionality and small scale. In this paper, we use an easy nanofabrication technique to fabricate all-dielectric metasurfaces with the advantages of having dynamic tunability and a large area. Using an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template as an evaporation mask, a large-area metasurface embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (>2 cm2) is fabricated. The metasurface exhibits remarkable electric dipole (ED) and magnetic dipole (MD) resonances. Based on the solvent-swelling effect of PDMS in 20% toluene, the ED/MD resonance peak shifts dynamically ∼40 nm to red. So far, to the best of our knowledge, a large-area metasurface embedded in PDMS and achieved by using the AAO template method has not appeared.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Jul. 12, 2023
Vol. 21, Issue 7, 073601 (2023)
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Temperature-dependent optical properties of low-loss plasmonic SrMoO
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Qian Peng, Yadong Qiao, and Yang Liu
SrMoO3 (SMO) thin films are deposited on LaAlO3 substrates by magnetron sputtering. The effects of ambient temperature on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the films are investigated. As the temperature increases from 23°C to 800°C, the SMO film exhibits high crystallinity and low electrical resistivity, and the real part of dielectric functions becomes less negative in the visible and near-IR wavelength range, and the epsilon near zero (ENZ) wavelength increases from 460 nm to 890 nm. The optical loss of the SMO film is significantly lower than that of Au, and its plasmonic performance is comparable to or even higher than TiN in the temperature range of 23°C to 600°C. These studies are critical for the design of high-temperature SMO-based plasmonic devices.
SrMoO3 (SMO) thin films are deposited on LaAlO3 substrates by magnetron sputtering. The effects of ambient temperature on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the films are investigated. As the temperature increases from 23°C to 800°C, the SMO film exhibits high crystallinity and low electrical resistivity, and the real part of dielectric functions becomes less negative in the visible and near-IR wavelength range, and the epsilon near zero (ENZ) wavelength increases from 460 nm to 890 nm. The optical loss of the SMO film is significantly lower than that of Au, and its plasmonic performance is comparable to or even higher than TiN in the temperature range of 23°C to 600°C. These studies are critical for the design of high-temperature SMO-based plasmonic devices.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: May. 06, 2023
Vol. 21, Issue 5, 053601 (2023)
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Azimuthal vector beam illuminating plasmonic tips circular cluster for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
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Lu Zhang, Chao Meng, Hao Yang, and Wending Zhang
Noble metallic nanostructures with strong electric near-field enhancement can significantly improve nanoscale light–matter interactions and are critical for high-sensitivity surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Here, we use an azimuthal vector beam (AVB) to illuminate the plasmonic tips circular cluster (PTCC) array to enhance the electric near-field intensity of the PTCC array, and then use it to improve SERS sensitivity. The PTCC array was prepared based on the self-assembled and inductive coupled plasmon (ICP) etching methods. The calculation results show that, compared with the linearly polarized beam (LPB) and radial vector beam excitations, the AVB excitation can obtain stronger electric near-field enhancement due to the strong resonant responses formed in the nanogap between adjacent plasmonic tips. Subsequently, our experimental results proved that AVB excitation increased SERS sensitivity to 10-13 mol/L, which is two orders of magnitude higher than that of LPB excitation. Meanwhile, the PTCC array had excellent uniformity with the Raman enhancement factor calculated to be ∼2.4×108. This kind of vector light field enhancing Raman spectroscopy may be applied in the field of sensing technologies, such as the trace amount detection.
Noble metallic nanostructures with strong electric near-field enhancement can significantly improve nanoscale light–matter interactions and are critical for high-sensitivity surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Here, we use an azimuthal vector beam (AVB) to illuminate the plasmonic tips circular cluster (PTCC) array to enhance the electric near-field intensity of the PTCC array, and then use it to improve SERS sensitivity. The PTCC array was prepared based on the self-assembled and inductive coupled plasmon (ICP) etching methods. The calculation results show that, compared with the linearly polarized beam (LPB) and radial vector beam excitations, the AVB excitation can obtain stronger electric near-field enhancement due to the strong resonant responses formed in the nanogap between adjacent plasmonic tips. Subsequently, our experimental results proved that AVB excitation increased SERS sensitivity to 10-13 mol/L, which is two orders of magnitude higher than that of LPB excitation. Meanwhile, the PTCC array had excellent uniformity with the Raman enhancement factor calculated to be ∼2.4×108. This kind of vector light field enhancing Raman spectroscopy may be applied in the field of sensing technologies, such as the trace amount detection.
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Chinese Optics Letters
Publication Date: Nov. 28, 2022
Vol. 21, Issue 3, 033603 (2023)
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