Mie-driven directional nanocoupler for Bloch surface wave photonic platform

authored by: Dmitry N. Gulkin, Anna A. Popkova, Boris I. Afinogenov, Daniil A. Shilkin, Kȩstutis Kuršelis, Boris N. Chichkov, Vladimir O. Bessonov, Andrey A. Fedyanin
Abstract: Modern integrated photonic platforms should combine low-loss guiding, spectral flexibility, high light confinement, and close packing of optical components. One of the prominent platforms represents a one-dimensional photonic crystal combined with dielectric nanostructures that manipulate low-loss Bloch surface waves (BSWs). Proper design of nanostructures gives rise to a variety of optical resonances suitable for efficient capturing and controlling light. In this work, we achieve color-selective directional excitation of BSWs mediated by Mie resonances in a semiconductor nanoparticle. We show that a single silicon nanoparticle can be used as a subwavelength multiplexer switching the BSW excitation direction from forward to backward within the 30 nm spectral range with its central wavelength governed by the nanoparticle size. Our work opens a route for the on-demand fabrication of photonic nanocouplers with tailored optical properties and submicron footprint.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
External Organisation(s): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Type: Article
Journal: Nanophotonics
Volume: 10
Pages: 2939-2947
No. of pages: 9
ISSN: 2192-8606
Publication date: 09.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Biotechnology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0295 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{1e67d490e5674b3b96442db200d17076,
title = "Mie-driven directional nanocoupler for Bloch surface wave photonic platform",
abstract = "Modern integrated photonic platforms should combine low-loss guiding, spectral flexibility, high light confinement, and close packing of optical components. One of the prominent platforms represents a one-dimensional photonic crystal combined with dielectric nanostructures that manipulate low-loss Bloch surface waves (BSWs). Proper design of nanostructures gives rise to a variety of optical resonances suitable for efficient capturing and controlling light. In this work, we achieve color-selective directional excitation of BSWs mediated by Mie resonances in a semiconductor nanoparticle. We show that a single silicon nanoparticle can be used as a subwavelength multiplexer switching the BSW excitation direction from forward to backward within the 30 nm spectral range with its central wavelength governed by the nanoparticle size. Our work opens a route for the on-demand fabrication of photonic nanocouplers with tailored optical properties and submicron footprint. ",
keywords = "Bloch surface waves, laser-induced backward transfer, leakage radiation microscopy, Mie resonances, multiplexer, silicon nanoparticles",
author = "Gulkin, {Dmitry N.} and Popkova, {Anna A.} and Afinogenov, {Boris I.} and Shilkin, {Daniil A.} and Kȩstutis Kur{\v s}elis and Chichkov, {Boris N.} and Bessonov, {Vladimir O.} and Fedyanin, {Andrey A.}",
note = "Funding Information: Research funding: The work was performed under financial support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Grant No. 14.W03.31.0008) and MSU Quantum Technology Centre and according to the Development program of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational MSU School “Photonic and Quantum technologies. Digital medicine”. B.I.A. thanks the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 19-72-00170). B.N.C. acknowledges financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy within the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (EXC 2122, Project ID 390833453) and the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers (EXC 2123, Project ID 390837967). A.A.F. thanks the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 20-12-00371) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 18-29-20097). ",
year = "2021",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1515/nanoph-2021-0295",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "2939--2947",
journal = "Nanophotonics",
issn = "2192-8606",
publisher = "Walter de Gruyter",
number = "11",
}