Guided-mode resonance nanophotonics in materially sparse architectures

Robert Magnusson; Manoj Niraula; Jae Woong Yoon; Yeong Hwan Ko; Kyu Jin Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2211687

15 March 2016 Guided-mode resonance nanophotonics in materially sparse architectures

Robert Magnusson, Manoj Niraula, Jae Woong Yoon, Yeong Hwan Ko, Kyu Jin Lee

Proceedings Volume 9757, High Contrast Metastructures V; 975705 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211687
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The guided-mode resonance (GMR) concept refers to lateral quasi-guided waveguide modes induced in periodic layers. Whereas these effects have been known for a long time, new attributes and innovations continue to appear. Here, we review some recent progress in this field with emphasis on sparse, or minimal, device embodiments. We discuss properties of wideband resonant reflectors designed with gratings in which the grating ridges are matched to an identical material to eliminate local reflections and phase changes. This critical interface therefore possesses zero refractive-index contrast; hence we call them “zero-contrast gratings.” Applying this architecture, we present single-layer, wideband reflectors that are robust under experimentally realistic parametric variations. We introduce a new class of reflectors and polarizers fashioned with dielectric nanowire grids that are mostly empty space. Computed results predict high reflection and attendant polarization extinction for these sparse lattices. Experimental verification with Si nanowire grids yields ~200-nm-wide band of high reflection for one polarization state and free transmission of the orthogonal state. Finally, we present bandpass filters using all-dielectric resonant gratings. We design, fabricate, and test nanostructured single layer filters exhibiting high efficiency and sub-nanometer-wide passbands surrounded by 100-nm-wide stopbands.

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Robert Magnusson, Manoj Niraula, Jae Woong Yoon, Yeong Hwan Ko, and Kyu Jin Lee "Guided-mode resonance nanophotonics in materially sparse architectures", Proc. SPIE 9757, High Contrast Metastructures V, 975705 (15 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211687

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