Microcavity lasers show excellent performance as a miniaturized microsensor in various applications. However, their relatively weak power may be easily submerged in system noises and disturbed by environmental fluctuations, rendering them ineffective at detecting small signals for precise sensing. To solve this problem, the laser differential frequency-shift feedback technique is demonstrated in a microtubule Raman laser to achieve the optical gain assistance. When the microlaser is frequency-shift-modulated and returns back to the resonator, the measurement signal can resonate with the laser relaxation oscillation and be significantly enhanced. The intracavity dynamics-based enhancement makes it effective for increasing intensity changes caused by analytes. Small signals that would otherwise be buried in system noises and go undetected can be more easily resolved. In addition, the microsensor reduces the spectral measurement range and offers a way to observe the fast dynamic response. Based on that, a measurement resolution of 50 nm nanoparticle detection limit and a refractive index noise-limited resolution of 8.18 × 10−7 refractive index unit (RIU) are demonstrated. The dynamic phase transition of thermosensitive hydrogel is further investigated as a validation of its rapid detection capability. Integrated with an inherent microfluidic channel, the proposed microsensor provides a direct interaction between analytes and probe light with ultrasmall sample consumption down to 50 pl. It is expected to boost the detection of weak signals in microlasers and enlighten the development of optofluidic microsensors in exploring diverse biochemical processes.
{"title":"Intracavity dynamics-based gain-assisted sensing with microtubule Raman microlaser","authors":"Mingfang Li, Zongren Dai, Mingwang Tian, Y. Tan","doi":"10.1063/5.0158302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0158302","url":null,"abstract":"Microcavity lasers show excellent performance as a miniaturized microsensor in various applications. However, their relatively weak power may be easily submerged in system noises and disturbed by environmental fluctuations, rendering them ineffective at detecting small signals for precise sensing. To solve this problem, the laser differential frequency-shift feedback technique is demonstrated in a microtubule Raman laser to achieve the optical gain assistance. When the microlaser is frequency-shift-modulated and returns back to the resonator, the measurement signal can resonate with the laser relaxation oscillation and be significantly enhanced. The intracavity dynamics-based enhancement makes it effective for increasing intensity changes caused by analytes. Small signals that would otherwise be buried in system noises and go undetected can be more easily resolved. In addition, the microsensor reduces the spectral measurement range and offers a way to observe the fast dynamic response. Based on that, a measurement resolution of 50 nm nanoparticle detection limit and a refractive index noise-limited resolution of 8.18 × 10−7 refractive index unit (RIU) are demonstrated. The dynamic phase transition of thermosensitive hydrogel is further investigated as a validation of its rapid detection capability. Integrated with an inherent microfluidic channel, the proposed microsensor provides a direct interaction between analytes and probe light with ultrasmall sample consumption down to 50 pl. It is expected to boost the detection of weak signals in microlasers and enlighten the development of optofluidic microsensors in exploring diverse biochemical processes.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45623743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) allow for the rapid advancement of a wide range of optical devices on a compact platform, making them more useful and readily available in the commercial market. Various materials such as III–V semiconductors, silicon, silicon nitride, lithium niobate, and polymers are used to create PICs with certain unique properties. Hybrid integration can combine multiple material platforms via optical coupling and realize multi-functional PICs that overcome the limitations of a single material platform. This allows for a broad application base for hybrid integrated PICs, greatly enhancing their usability and practicality. In this paper, we will discuss the methodology and applications of hybrid integration for chip-scale laser systems, including narrow linewidth, widely tunable external cavity lasers, laser beam combining, integrated frequency combs, and integrated Pockels lasers.
{"title":"Hybrid integrated chip-scale laser systems","authors":"C. Porter, S. Zeng, X. Zhao, L. Zhu","doi":"10.1063/5.0159527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159527","url":null,"abstract":"Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) allow for the rapid advancement of a wide range of optical devices on a compact platform, making them more useful and readily available in the commercial market. Various materials such as III–V semiconductors, silicon, silicon nitride, lithium niobate, and polymers are used to create PICs with certain unique properties. Hybrid integration can combine multiple material platforms via optical coupling and realize multi-functional PICs that overcome the limitations of a single material platform. This allows for a broad application base for hybrid integrated PICs, greatly enhancing their usability and practicality. In this paper, we will discuss the methodology and applications of hybrid integration for chip-scale laser systems, including narrow linewidth, widely tunable external cavity lasers, laser beam combining, integrated frequency combs, and integrated Pockels lasers.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44112309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Duo Jin, Zhen-xu Bai, Yifu Chen, Wenqiang Fan, Yulei Wang, Z. Lü, R. Mildren
The cascade operation of Brillouin lasers (BLs) is an identified obstacle to single-frequency power scaling and further compression of the fundamental linewidth. In this study, we reveal the relationship between the maximum cascade order and system parameters, starting from the phase-matching conditions of the Stokes cascade. The second Stokes is suppressed for modes that fall away the Brillouin gain linewidth (ΓB), which is heightened for Brillouin gain media with high sound velocity, large refractive index, and narrow linewidth. Diamond, with its extremely high product of speed of sound and refractive index, satisfies these requirements and is found to achieve cascade-free intramode scattering (TEM00) without manipulating cavity mode structures. This study elucidates a route to single-frequency, narrow-linewidth BLs via Brillouin material selection.
{"title":"Intrinsic cascade-free intramode scattering Brillouin laser","authors":"Duo Jin, Zhen-xu Bai, Yifu Chen, Wenqiang Fan, Yulei Wang, Z. Lü, R. Mildren","doi":"10.1063/5.0155283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155283","url":null,"abstract":"The cascade operation of Brillouin lasers (BLs) is an identified obstacle to single-frequency power scaling and further compression of the fundamental linewidth. In this study, we reveal the relationship between the maximum cascade order and system parameters, starting from the phase-matching conditions of the Stokes cascade. The second Stokes is suppressed for modes that fall away the Brillouin gain linewidth (ΓB), which is heightened for Brillouin gain media with high sound velocity, large refractive index, and narrow linewidth. Diamond, with its extremely high product of speed of sound and refractive index, satisfies these requirements and is found to achieve cascade-free intramode scattering (TEM00) without manipulating cavity mode structures. This study elucidates a route to single-frequency, narrow-linewidth BLs via Brillouin material selection.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41852159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Müller, A. Bablich, R. Bornemann, Nils Marrenbach, Paul Kienitz, P. Haring Bolívar
In this work, a promising device for direct optical envelope mixing, the Intrinsic Photomixing Detector (IPD) based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon, is reported. The IPD directly generates a photocurrent proportional to the nonlinear mixing of two optical modulation envelope functions. Experiments illustrate efficient mixing in the visible range at low light levels down to ϕ1 = 4.36 mW/cm2 (444 nm) and ϕ2 = 1.03 mW/cm2 (636 nm). Modulation frequencies exceeding the MHz range are demonstrated. Electro-optical simulations identify defect-induced electrical field screening within the absorber to cause the nonlinear mixing process, opening-up the opportunity to tailor devices toward application-specific requirements. The IPD functionality paves the way toward very simple but high-performance photodetectors for 3D imaging and ranging for direct optical convolutional sensors or for efficient optical logic gates. Using amorphous silicon provides a photodetector material base, which can easily be integrated on top of silicon electronics, enabling fill factors of up to 100%.
{"title":"Intrinsic photomixing detector based on amorphous silicon for envelope mixing of optical signals","authors":"M. Müller, A. Bablich, R. Bornemann, Nils Marrenbach, Paul Kienitz, P. Haring Bolívar","doi":"10.1063/5.0149024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0149024","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a promising device for direct optical envelope mixing, the Intrinsic Photomixing Detector (IPD) based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon, is reported. The IPD directly generates a photocurrent proportional to the nonlinear mixing of two optical modulation envelope functions. Experiments illustrate efficient mixing in the visible range at low light levels down to ϕ1 = 4.36 mW/cm2 (444 nm) and ϕ2 = 1.03 mW/cm2 (636 nm). Modulation frequencies exceeding the MHz range are demonstrated. Electro-optical simulations identify defect-induced electrical field screening within the absorber to cause the nonlinear mixing process, opening-up the opportunity to tailor devices toward application-specific requirements. The IPD functionality paves the way toward very simple but high-performance photodetectors for 3D imaging and ranging for direct optical convolutional sensors or for efficient optical logic gates. Using amorphous silicon provides a photodetector material base, which can easily be integrated on top of silicon electronics, enabling fill factors of up to 100%.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47452001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Photonic integrated circuits have benefited many fields in the natural sciences. Their nanoscale patterning has led to the discovery of novel sources and detectors from ultraviolet to microwaves. Yet terahertz technologies have so far leveraged surprisingly little of the design and material freedom provided by photonic integrated circuits. Despite photoconduction—the process in which light is absorbed above the bandgap of a semiconductor to generate free carriers—and nonlinear up- and down-conversion being by far the two most widespread approaches to generate and detect terahertz waves, so far, terahertz technologies have been mostly employed in bulk. In this perspective, we discuss the current state-of-the-art, challenges, and perspectives for hybrid optical-terahertz photonic chips. We focus, in particular, on χ(2) and χ(3) nonlinear waveguides and waveguide-integrated photoconductive devices. We highlight opportunities in the micro- and macroscale design of waveguide geometries and printed antennas for the optimization of emission and detection efficiencies of terahertz waves. Realizing complex functionalities for terahertz photonics on a single chip may come into reach by integration and miniaturization compatible with telecom and fiber technologies.
{"title":"Present and future of terahertz integrated photonic devices","authors":"S. Rajabali, Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus","doi":"10.1063/5.0146912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146912","url":null,"abstract":"Photonic integrated circuits have benefited many fields in the natural sciences. Their nanoscale patterning has led to the discovery of novel sources and detectors from ultraviolet to microwaves. Yet terahertz technologies have so far leveraged surprisingly little of the design and material freedom provided by photonic integrated circuits. Despite photoconduction—the process in which light is absorbed above the bandgap of a semiconductor to generate free carriers—and nonlinear up- and down-conversion being by far the two most widespread approaches to generate and detect terahertz waves, so far, terahertz technologies have been mostly employed in bulk. In this perspective, we discuss the current state-of-the-art, challenges, and perspectives for hybrid optical-terahertz photonic chips. We focus, in particular, on χ(2) and χ(3) nonlinear waveguides and waveguide-integrated photoconductive devices. We highlight opportunities in the micro- and macroscale design of waveguide geometries and printed antennas for the optimization of emission and detection efficiencies of terahertz waves. Realizing complex functionalities for terahertz photonics on a single chip may come into reach by integration and miniaturization compatible with telecom and fiber technologies.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45908111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Cáceres-Aravena, B. Real, Diego Guzmán-Silva, Paloma Vildoso, I. Salinas, A. Amo, T. Ozawa, R. Vicencio
The transfer of information between topological edge states is a robust way of spatially manipulating spatial states in lattice environments. This method is particularly efficient when the edge modes are kept within the topological gap of the lattice during the transfer. In this work, we show experimentally the transfer of photonic modes between topological edge states located at opposite ends of a dimerized one-dimensional photonic lattice. We use a diamond lattice of coupled waveguides and show that the topological transfer is insensitive to the presence of a high density of states in the form of a flat band at an energy close to that of the edge states and prevails in the presence of a hopping impurity. We explore the dynamics in the waveguide lattice using a wavelength-scan method, where different input wavelengths translate into different effective lattice lengths. Our results offer an alternative way to the implementation of efficient transfer protocols based on active driving mechanisms.
{"title":"Edge-to-edge topological spectral transfer in diamond photonic lattices","authors":"G. Cáceres-Aravena, B. Real, Diego Guzmán-Silva, Paloma Vildoso, I. Salinas, A. Amo, T. Ozawa, R. Vicencio","doi":"10.1063/5.0153770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0153770","url":null,"abstract":"The transfer of information between topological edge states is a robust way of spatially manipulating spatial states in lattice environments. This method is particularly efficient when the edge modes are kept within the topological gap of the lattice during the transfer. In this work, we show experimentally the transfer of photonic modes between topological edge states located at opposite ends of a dimerized one-dimensional photonic lattice. We use a diamond lattice of coupled waveguides and show that the topological transfer is insensitive to the presence of a high density of states in the form of a flat band at an energy close to that of the edge states and prevails in the presence of a hopping impurity. We explore the dynamics in the waveguide lattice using a wavelength-scan method, where different input wavelengths translate into different effective lattice lengths. Our results offer an alternative way to the implementation of efficient transfer protocols based on active driving mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41332287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A comprehensive theoretical framework for the inverse design of correlation induced effects with optical beams is introduced. Correlation induced effects are able to modify the intensity distribution of an optical beam drastically via effects such as correlation induced splitting, focusing, and shifting. The inverse design steps are given analytically, which allows the analysis of several related experiments. Finally, an algorithm for more complex numerical inverse design is overviewed and demonstrated.
{"title":"Inverse design of optical correlation induced effects","authors":"M. Luo, M. Ornigotti, M. Koivurova","doi":"10.1063/5.0144616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144616","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive theoretical framework for the inverse design of correlation induced effects with optical beams is introduced. Correlation induced effects are able to modify the intensity distribution of an optical beam drastically via effects such as correlation induced splitting, focusing, and shifting. The inverse design steps are given analytically, which allows the analysis of several related experiments. Finally, an algorithm for more complex numerical inverse design is overviewed and demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48776066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Non-contact ultrasound excitation based on the photoacoustic effect using short optical pulses has been widely used for biomedical and industrial inspections. However, generating and detecting photoacoustic signals in water or aqueous samples requires careful choice of the excitation wavelength. Here, we show that continuous-wave (CW) ultrasound can be directly generated in aqueous samples by irradiating them with the CW sub-terahertz waves modulated at acoustic frequencies, even when the stress confinement condition is not satisfied. The ultrasound generated at resonance can be detected even in the air using a microphone. The sub-terahertz waves exhibit a water absorption coefficient akin to peak near-infrared wavelengths while offering transmittance through diverse materials. Leveraging recent advances in high-frequency electronics, we develop a compact experimental system with the potential for further miniaturization. To demonstrate the potential of the proposed method, we present proof-of-concept applications of bulk modulus measurement of gelatin gels and in vivo anatomical imaging of human hands.
{"title":"Generating in vivo continuous ultrasound based on sub-terahertz photoacoustic effect","authors":"Natsumi Ichikawa, Y. Monnai","doi":"10.1063/5.0157652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157652","url":null,"abstract":"Non-contact ultrasound excitation based on the photoacoustic effect using short optical pulses has been widely used for biomedical and industrial inspections. However, generating and detecting photoacoustic signals in water or aqueous samples requires careful choice of the excitation wavelength. Here, we show that continuous-wave (CW) ultrasound can be directly generated in aqueous samples by irradiating them with the CW sub-terahertz waves modulated at acoustic frequencies, even when the stress confinement condition is not satisfied. The ultrasound generated at resonance can be detected even in the air using a microphone. The sub-terahertz waves exhibit a water absorption coefficient akin to peak near-infrared wavelengths while offering transmittance through diverse materials. Leveraging recent advances in high-frequency electronics, we develop a compact experimental system with the potential for further miniaturization. To demonstrate the potential of the proposed method, we present proof-of-concept applications of bulk modulus measurement of gelatin gels and in vivo anatomical imaging of human hands.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46190415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dahyeon Lee, Takuma K. M. Nakamura, A. Metcalf, N. Flowers-Jacobs, A. Fox, P. Dresselhaus, F. Quinlan
We demonstrate a sub-GHz resolution, fully programmable Fourier-domain pulse shaper capable of generating arbitrary optical pulse patterns for superconducting circuit platforms. This high resolution allows line-by-line pulse shaping of a 1 GHz-spaced comb, and the pulse shaper can accommodate an optical bandwidth as large as 1 THz, which represents the highest resolution programmable line-by-line pulse shaping to our knowledge. Linear optical sampling with a dual-comb system confirms independent control of 1 GHz-spaced optical lines, and the low phase noise of the pulse shaper is characterized. We apply the pulse shaper as an optical drive for an array of Josephson junctions operating at a temperature of 4 K, where cryogenic photodetection of pulse doublets with user-defined separation characterizes the Josephson junction response. Furthermore, we demonstrate a pulse-density modulation pattern of 4 ps duration optical pulses that can serve as the high bandwidth drive of a quantum-based Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer. By leveraging the exquisite control, large bandwidth, and low noise of photonics, this represents an important advance toward the realization of high power and high spectral purity AC voltage standards at gigahertz frequencies without requiring 100 GHz bandwidth driving electronics.
{"title":"Sub-GHz resolution line-by-line pulse shaper for driving superconducting circuits","authors":"Dahyeon Lee, Takuma K. M. Nakamura, A. Metcalf, N. Flowers-Jacobs, A. Fox, P. Dresselhaus, F. Quinlan","doi":"10.1063/5.0157003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157003","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a sub-GHz resolution, fully programmable Fourier-domain pulse shaper capable of generating arbitrary optical pulse patterns for superconducting circuit platforms. This high resolution allows line-by-line pulse shaping of a 1 GHz-spaced comb, and the pulse shaper can accommodate an optical bandwidth as large as 1 THz, which represents the highest resolution programmable line-by-line pulse shaping to our knowledge. Linear optical sampling with a dual-comb system confirms independent control of 1 GHz-spaced optical lines, and the low phase noise of the pulse shaper is characterized. We apply the pulse shaper as an optical drive for an array of Josephson junctions operating at a temperature of 4 K, where cryogenic photodetection of pulse doublets with user-defined separation characterizes the Josephson junction response. Furthermore, we demonstrate a pulse-density modulation pattern of 4 ps duration optical pulses that can serve as the high bandwidth drive of a quantum-based Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer. By leveraging the exquisite control, large bandwidth, and low noise of photonics, this represents an important advance toward the realization of high power and high spectral purity AC voltage standards at gigahertz frequencies without requiring 100 GHz bandwidth driving electronics.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46834128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qinglan Ling, Qinghua Liang, Xiaochen Zhang, Honglian Guo, Shuai Feng, Chang-Yin Ji, Jiafang Li
Surface lattice resonances (SLRs) are the coherent collective interactions between periodically arranged nanoparticles, which are generally considered to be formed by the resonant electric dipole, magnetic dipole, or electric quadrupole moments of a single nanoparticle coupled with the Rayleigh anomaly (RA). Here we reveal the first observation of the chiral SLRs that are formed by the coupling of the chiral toroidal electric dipole (TED) moment and RA mode through the theoretical design and experimental fabrication of a nano-kirigami based propeller metasurface. By engineering the rotational symmetry of the propeller, e.g., from C2 (C3) symmetry to C4 symmetry, we find that the electric dipole (electric quadrupolar) chiral SLRs have evolved into the TED associated chiral SLRs. Furthermore, it is found that the excitation amplitude of the TED moment can be tailored by controlling the stereo twisted height of the propeller and the spin of the incident light. Finally, the chiral TED moment enhanced circular dichroism is verified in the near-infrared wavelength region. Our study provides an effective yet simple scheme to manipulate the TED-dependent chiral SLRs, paving the way toward exploring the unconventional physical properties of TED and advanced chiroptical physics.
{"title":"Toroidal electric dipole enabled chiral surface lattice resonances in stereo propeller metasurfaces","authors":"Qinglan Ling, Qinghua Liang, Xiaochen Zhang, Honglian Guo, Shuai Feng, Chang-Yin Ji, Jiafang Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0158261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0158261","url":null,"abstract":"Surface lattice resonances (SLRs) are the coherent collective interactions between periodically arranged nanoparticles, which are generally considered to be formed by the resonant electric dipole, magnetic dipole, or electric quadrupole moments of a single nanoparticle coupled with the Rayleigh anomaly (RA). Here we reveal the first observation of the chiral SLRs that are formed by the coupling of the chiral toroidal electric dipole (TED) moment and RA mode through the theoretical design and experimental fabrication of a nano-kirigami based propeller metasurface. By engineering the rotational symmetry of the propeller, e.g., from C2 (C3) symmetry to C4 symmetry, we find that the electric dipole (electric quadrupolar) chiral SLRs have evolved into the TED associated chiral SLRs. Furthermore, it is found that the excitation amplitude of the TED moment can be tailored by controlling the stereo twisted height of the propeller and the spin of the incident light. Finally, the chiral TED moment enhanced circular dichroism is verified in the near-infrared wavelength region. Our study provides an effective yet simple scheme to manipulate the TED-dependent chiral SLRs, paving the way toward exploring the unconventional physical properties of TED and advanced chiroptical physics.","PeriodicalId":8198,"journal":{"name":"APL Photonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46883462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}