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Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum

We investigate optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) supported by a photonic crystal (PhC) slab penetrated with periodic annular holes theoretically. Ultrahigh-quality factor (Q-factor) resonances associated with BICs are obtained with a Q-factor more than 10(8). The BICs can be seen at nonze...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhijian, Zhu, Qing, Wang, Yaonan, Xie, Suxia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29930-5
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Zhu, Qing
Wang, Yaonan
Xie, Suxia
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description We investigate optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) supported by a photonic crystal (PhC) slab penetrated with periodic annular holes theoretically. Ultrahigh-quality factor (Q-factor) resonances associated with BICs are obtained with a Q-factor more than 10(8). The BICs can be seen at nonzero incident angles by tuning the lattice constant, layer thickness, inner pillar radius and the refractive index of the surrounding medium, and figure of merit (FOM) at the BICs can reach infinite theoretically. New Fano resonance line appears with BICs when the annular hole’s symmetry is broken, which can be attributed to the change of the waveguide modes and their coupling when the annular hole shape is asymmetrical. We confirm it by tuning the inner pillars’ location and size to realize the structure’s asymmetry. It is shown the location and size asymmetry of the inner pillars inside each outer hole can impact the reflectivity and the formation of the BICs obviously. Results from finite difference time domain method (FDTD) simulation and temporal coupled mode theory (CMT) calculations agree well, which are beneficial to design elements based on optical BICs in various applications, such as biosensors, perfect filters, and waveguides.
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spelling pubmed-61022822018-08-27 Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum Li, Zhijian Zhu, Qing Wang, Yaonan Xie, Suxia Sci Rep Article We investigate optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) supported by a photonic crystal (PhC) slab penetrated with periodic annular holes theoretically. Ultrahigh-quality factor (Q-factor) resonances associated with BICs are obtained with a Q-factor more than 10(8). The BICs can be seen at nonzero incident angles by tuning the lattice constant, layer thickness, inner pillar radius and the refractive index of the surrounding medium, and figure of merit (FOM) at the BICs can reach infinite theoretically. New Fano resonance line appears with BICs when the annular hole’s symmetry is broken, which can be attributed to the change of the waveguide modes and their coupling when the annular hole shape is asymmetrical. We confirm it by tuning the inner pillars’ location and size to realize the structure’s asymmetry. It is shown the location and size asymmetry of the inner pillars inside each outer hole can impact the reflectivity and the formation of the BICs obviously. Results from finite difference time domain method (FDTD) simulation and temporal coupled mode theory (CMT) calculations agree well, which are beneficial to design elements based on optical BICs in various applications, such as biosensors, perfect filters, and waveguides. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6102282/ /pubmed/30127350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29930-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title_full Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title_fullStr Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title_short Ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on Photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
title_sort ultrasensitive optical reflectivity in annular nanohole array on photonic crystal slab based on bound states in the continuum
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29930-5
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