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Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Tunable Gap and Collective SPR Modes
摘要： Optical properties of a plasmonic metasurface made of a monolayer of gold nanoparticles in close proximity to an aluminum thin film were studied numerically and experimentally. Extinction spectra of the plasmonic metasurface were studied as functions of the thickness of a dielectric spacer between the monolayer of gold nanoparticles and the aluminum film in the visible wavelength range. The goal was to understand the excitation of a collective surface plasmon resonance (SPR) mode and a gap plasmon mode as well as their dependence on the spacer thickness, nanoparticles spacing and their size. By using finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) calculations we find that the SPR extinction peak first red-shifts and then splits into two peaks. The first extinction peak is associated with the collective SPR mode of the monolayer and it shifts to shorter wavelengths as the spacer layer decreases. As the spacer layer decreases from 35 nm to 7.5 nm, the second peak gradually appears in the extinction spectra of the metasurface. We assign the second peak to the gap mode. The gap mode first appears at around 620 nm or greater and it shifts to larger wavelength for larger nanoparticle spacing and size. The FDTD simulations are confirmed by an experimental examination of the dispersion curves of a similar multilayer system. The computational results match the experimental results and confirm the excitation of the two modes.
关键词： gap plasmon mode,surface plasmon resonance,Plasmonic metasurfaces,aluminum thin film,FDTD,gold nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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TiO <sub/>2</sub> metasurfaces: From visible planar photonics to photochemistry
摘要： TiO2 metasurfaces have been intensively studied in the past few years. To date, the TiO2 metadevices only used their high reflective index (n). The controllable light extinction coefficient (k) of TiO2 has not been exploited yet. Here, we converted TiO2 metasurfaces to black TiO2 metasurfaces and explored their new opportunities in photochemistry. A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)–compatible technique has been developed to reversibly and precisely control the absorption of TiO2 metasurfaces without spoiling their internal nanostructures. Consequently, two types of black TiO2 metasurfaces were realized for photochemical experiments. The metasurface with an ultrawide absorption band can substantially enhance the white light absorption and accelerate the solar-based photochemistry process by a factor of 18.7. The other metasurface with an absorption band of <20 nm only responded to the resonant wavelengths, making the photochemistry process capable of being monitored in real time. In addition, the reversible switch between normal and black states makes TiO2 metasurfaces suitable for dynamic metadevices as well.
关键词： photochemistry,CMOS-compatible technique,black TiO2,dynamic metadevices,TiO2 metasurfaces
更新于2025-10-24 16:33:39
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Nonlinear Diffraction in Asymmetric Dielectric Metasurfaces
摘要： Metasurfaces provide new and promising mechanisms to control and manipulate light at the nanoscale. While most metasurfaces are designed to operate in the linear regime, it was recently shown that such metasurfaces may also generate nonlinear signal, by manipulating the higher order susceptibility terms. As such, metasurfaces can generate additional harmonics, without the need for light propagation, as typically occur in nonlinear crystals. While such demonstrations typically rely on the nonlinear properties of metals, we hereby report the design, fabrication and experimental characterization of a resonant dielectric metasurface made of amorphous silicon to create and manipulate second harmonic light and control its diffraction patterns. As shown in the paper, the second harmonic generation of light follows selection rules which rely on the asymmetry of the meta-atom. Given the fact that silicon crystals are centrosymmetric, the generation of second harmonic signal in amorphous silicon is intriguing. In fact, second harmonic signal is generated mostly from the surface of the meta atom. It is the use of nanostructures that increases the surface to volume ratio and enables second harmonic generation. Additionally, the meta atom is designed to exploit its spectral resonances in the principal and the second harmonic frequencies for providing electromagnetic field enhancement which assist in boosting up the generation of second harmonic signal.
关键词： Metasurfaces,Nonlinear optics,Dielectric metasurfaces,Phase gradient metasurfaces
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Metasurface for Constructing a Stable High- <i>Q</i> Plano-Planar Open Cavity
摘要： Traditional open cavities are constructed by planar or concave mirrors. A Fabry–Pérot (FP) cavity is convenient to integrate and fabricate, but highly sensitive to the parallelism of the end mirrors. In contrast, a concave cavity is more stable and possesses a lower leaky rate, but the curved geometry brings inconvenience. Here, it is suggested that a planar meta-cavity can simultaneously possess the advantages of both of the above open cavities by using a metasurface to create a planar meta-mirror that mimics the behavior of a concave mirror. For demonstration, a microwave meta-cavity is constructed, whose meta-mirror consists of subwavelength ceramic blocks on a metal substrate. Compared to an FP cavity, the meta-cavity is more robust against the alignment error of the end mirrors, and 15-fold enhancement of the quality factor is observed numerically. Experimental results are in good agreement with the simulated results. The suggested method may be extended to work in high frequency ranges. This work would support the planarization and miniaturization of an open cavity and may also increase the functionality.
关键词： open cavities,cavity stability,high quality factor,metasurfaces
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Rotated infrared antenna transmitarray for the manipulation of circularly polarized wavefronts
摘要： An IR optical transmitarray is presented based on Antenna Array Sheet (AAS) for the manipulation of circularly polarized light. The unit cell of the transmitarray comprises three layers of metallic elliptical patches. Complete phase control is achieved through the local rotation of each unit cell. Thin refraction and focusing transmitarrays of this sort are demonstrated at infrared frequencies. Moreover, a new concept for realizing a polarization-discriminating device is introduced based on a flat refracting lens. These devices are compatible with current fabrication technology and can become crucial for the integration with other IR and nano-photonic devices.
关键词： Metasurfaces,Transmitarrays,Polarization discrimination,Infrared lens,Circular polarization
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Directing energy into a sub-wavelength non-resonant metasurface across the visible spectrum.
摘要： Group 10 metals (i.e. Ni, Pd, Pt) catalyze a wide range of chemical transformations but the weak interaction of their nanoparticles with light hinders their development for photocatalytic applications. Conversely, coinage metals nanoparticles (particularly Ag and Au) exhibit intense localized surface plasmon resonances in the visible spectrum, but are relatively unreactive, limiting the scope and efficiency of their photochemical processes. Here we demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of a new structure containing a single layer of Pd nanoparticles that absorbs up to >98% of visible light. Furthermore, the wavelength of absorption is controlled throughout the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum by modulating the thickness of a supporting metal oxide film. We show that the absorbed energy is concentrated in the nanoparticle layer, crucial for energy conversion applications including photocatalysis and photothermal processes.
关键词： photocatalysis,plasmonics,metasurfaces,palladium,Hot charge carriers,absorbers,critical coupling
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Manipulation of Magnetic Dipole Emission from Eu <sup>3+</sup> with Mie-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces
摘要： Mie-resonant high-index dielectric nanoparticles and metasurfaces have been suggested as a viable platform for enhancing both electric and magnetic dipole transitions of fluorescent emitters. While the enhancement of the electric dipole transitions by such dielectric nanoparticles has been demonstrated experimentally, the case of magnetic-dipole transitions remains largely unexplored. Here, we study the enhancement of spontaneous emission of Eu3+ ions, featuring both electric and magnetic-dominated dipole transitions, by dielectric metasurfaces composed of Mie-resonant silicon nanocylinders. By coating the metasurfaces with a layer of an Eu3+ doped polymer, we observe an enhancement of the Eu3+ emission associated with the electric (at 610 nm) and magnetic-dominated (at 590 nm) dipole transitions. The enhancement factor depends systematically on the spectral proximity of the atomic transitions to the Mie resonances as well as their multipolar order, which is controlled by the nanocylinder radius. Importantly, the branching ratio of emission via the electric or magnetic transition channel can be modified by carefully designing the metasurface, where the magnetic dipole transition is enhanced more than the electric transition for cylinders with radii of about 130 nm. We confirm our observations by numerical simulations based on the reciprocity principle. Our results open new opportunities for bright nanoscale light sources based on magnetic transitions.
关键词： Purcell enhancement,Dielectric metasurfaces,Mie resonances,Magnetic dipole emission
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Generation of polarization-sensitive modulated optical vortices with all-dielectric metasurfaces
摘要： Optical vortices (OVs) created from helical modes of light have extensive applications in optical manipulation, imaging and optical communications. Moreover, modulated optical vortices (MOVs) with modified wavefronts could provide new opportunities for fractionating particles and actuating microelectromechanical systems. Traditional devices for generating MOVs include spatial light modulators, spiral phase plates etc. However, such bulky devices are difficult to be applied to high-level integrated optical systems. Besides, other MOV generators are typically static and polarization-insensitive. Here, we proposed an all-dielectric metasurface to generate polarization-sensitive MOVs. The intensity patterns of the OVs can be modulated by adding a tangential modulation factor in the phase profile. Independent manipulation of two orthogonal polarizations was adopted via tailoring the geometric parameters of silicon (Si) pillars. We experimentally demonstrated that the metasurface could generate a doughnut and an actinomorphic vortex beams for different polarization inputs. In addition, the intensity pattern of the MOVs can be dynamically tuned by adjusting the polarization angle. This work can benefit optical manipulation and can be further extended to visible and near-infrared bands.
关键词： propagation phase,all-dielectric metasurfaces,mid-infrared,polarizations,modulated optical vortices
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Quality factor assessment of finite-size all-dielectric metasurfaces at the magnetic dipole resonance
摘要： Recently there has been a large interest in achieving metasurface resonances with large quality factors. In this article, we examine metasurfaces that comprised a finite number of magnetic dipoles oriented parallel or orthogonal to the plane of the metasurface and determine analytic formulas for their resonances’ quality factors. These conditions are experimentally achievable in finite-size metasurfaces made of dielectric cubic resonators at the magnetic dipole resonance. Our results show that finite metasurfaces made of parallel (to the plane) magnetic dipoles exhibit low quality factor resonances with a quality factor that is independent of the number of resonators. More importantly, finite metasurfaces made of orthogonal (to the plane) magnetic dipoles lead to resonances with large quality factors, which ultimately depend on the number of resonators comprising the metasurface. In particular, by properly modulating the array of dipole moments by having a distribution of resonator polarizabilities, one can potentially increase the quality factor of metasurface resonances even further. These results provide design guidelines to achieve a sought quality factor applicable to any resonator geometry for the development of new devices such as photodetectors, modulators, and sensors.
关键词： dipole approximation,Mie resonances,magnetic dipole resonance,finite-size metasurfaces,High quality factor
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Broadband Functional Metasurfaces: Achieving Nonlinear Phase Generation toward Achromatic Surface Cloaking and Lensing
摘要： Broadband Functional Metasurfaces: Achieving Nonlinear Phase Generation toward Achromatic Surface Cloaking and Lensing. Generalized law of refraction and reflection has enabled a tremendous amount of degrees of freedom for full vectorial electromagnetic manipulation with metasurfaces. However, owing to the fundamental limitations of bandwidth and efficiency, the implementation of such principle is still far from perfect as truly achromatic efficient wavefront manipulation has not been realized. Here, a design principle based on the generalized Gires–Tournois interference model and catenary electromagnetics theory is proposed that can achieve desired broadband dispersion engineering regardless of the incident polarizations. As a proof of concept, a surface cloak is fabricated and demonstrated with a large fractional bandwidth of more than 40%. An achromatic lens antenna is also designed with focal shift deviation ratio less than 2% across X band to Ku band. Both of the devices show great advances versus traditional approaches by at least one order of magnitude. Besides, this conceptually new design is also applicable to other scenarios, such as beam splitters, vortex beam generators, or metasurface holograms. Considering their compact profiles and simple topologies, it is believed that such functional metasurfaces are promising in practical applications such as beam control, camouflage, and space communications.
关键词： Gires–Tournois interference,achromatic antennas,surface cloaks,functional metasurfaces,broadband dispersion engineering
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29