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  • High-efficiency optical frequency mixing in an all-dielectric metasurface enabled by multiple bound states in the continuum

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: We present nonlinear optical four-wave mixing in a silicon nanodisk dimer metasurface. Under the oblique incident plane waves, the designed metasurface exhibits a multi-resonant feature with simultaneous excitations of three quasi-bound states in the continuum (BIC). Through employing these quasi-BICs with maximizing electric field energy at the input bump wavelengths, significant enhancement of third-order nonlinear processes including third-harmonic generation, degenerate and non-degenerate four-wave mixing are demonstrated, giving rise to ten new frequencies in the visible wavelengths. This work may lead to a new frontier of ultracompact optical mixer for applications in optical circuitry, ultrasensitive sensing, and quantum nanophotonics.

  • Dual-band nonreciprocal thermal radiation by coupling optical Tamm states in magnetophotonic multilayers

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Kirchhoff s law is one of the most fundamental law in thermal radiation. The violation of traditional Kirchhoff s law provides opportunities for higher energy conversion efficiency. Various micro-structures have been proposed to realize single-band nonreciprocal thermal emitters. However, dual-band nonreciprocal thermal emitters remain barely investigated. In this paper, we introduce magneto-optical material into a cascading one-dimensional (1-D) magnetophotonic crystal (MPC) heterostructure composed of two 1-D MPCs and a metal layer. Assisted by the nonreciprocity of the magneto-optical material and the coupling effect of two optical Tamm states (OTSs), a dual-band nonreciprocal lithography-free thermal emitter is achieved. The emitter exhibits strong dual-band nonreciprocal radiation at the wavelengths of 15.337 um and 15.731 um when the external magnetic field is 3 T and the angle of incidence is 56 degree. Besides, the magnetic field distribution is also calculated to confirm that the dual-band nonreciprocal radiation originates from the coupling effect between two OTSs. Our work may pave the way for constructing dual-band and multi-band nonreciprocal thermal emitters.

  • Coupling between hyperbolic phonon polaritons excited in two ultrathin hBN sheets

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: In this work, the hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPPs) in ultrathin hBN sheets are numerically studied. The dispersion relation and distribution of electric field are calculated to confirm the excitation of HPPs. Besides, the coupling effect between HPPs of two ultrathin hBN sheets are investigated. When the distance between two hBN sheets are smaller than the propagation length of the HPPs in the air, the HPPs can be strongly coupled. Therefore, the photon tunneling probability can be greatly enhanced. The split of the HPPs is similar to that of the surface waves, and such phenomenon is well explained in this work. We believe that this work will deepen our understanding of the HPPs in ultrathin hyperbolic materials. In addition, the knowledge about the HPPs will help us understand the near-field radiative heat transfer between hyperbolic materials.

  • Polarization-controlled dynamically switchable high-harmonic generation from all-dielectric metasurfaces governed by dual bound states in the continuum

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Tailoring optical nonlinear effects (e.g. harmonic generation, sum-frequency mixing, etc.) in the recently emerging all-dielectric platform is important for both the fundamental science and industrial development of high-efficiency, ultrafast, and miniaturized photonic devices. In this work, we propose a novel paradigm for dynamically switchable high-harmonic generation in Silicon nanodimer metasurfaces by exploiting polarization-controlled dual bound states in the continuum (BIC). Owing to the high-quality factor of BIC resonances, efficient harmonic signals including the third-harmonic generation and fifth-harmonic generation from a direct process as well as a cascaded process by degenerate four-wave mixing are obtained. Moreover, the BICs and their resonantly enhanced harmonics can be switched on or off with high selectivity respect to the fundamental pump polarization. Compared with previous reports, our work provide a simple but effective tuning strategy by fully exploring the structural symmetry and polarization degree of freedom rather than resorting to additional external stimuli, which would have great advantages in smart designing tunable and switchable nonlinear light source for chip-scale applications.

  • Nonreciprocal thermal radiation based on Fibonacci quasi-periodic structures

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: To violate Kirchhoff s law is very important in the areas of thermal radiation. However, due to the weak nonreciprocity in natural materials, it is necessary to engineer novel structures to break the balance between emission and absorption. In this work, we introduce magneto-optical material into Fibonacci photonic crystals. Assisted by the nonreciprocity of the magneto-optical material and the excitation of Tamm plasmon polaritons, strong nonreciprocal thermal radiation can be realized. The difference between absorption and emission at wavelength of 16 {\mu}m can reach 0.9 at the incident angle of 60o. The distributions of the magnetic field are also calculated to verify the underlying physical origin. By engineering the parameters of the structure, it is found that strong nonreciprocal thermal radiation can be achieved at shorter wavelength and smaller incident angle. The results indicate that the Fibonacci magnetophotonic crystals are the promising candidate to engineer the nonreciprocal emission for various requirements.

  • Chirality of plasmonic metasurfaces with rectangular holes

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Chiral response is of tremendous importance to many fields, such as analytical chemistry, polarization manipulation and biological sensing. Here, a chiral metasurface based on rectangular holes is systematically investigated. The results show that the chirality is closely related to the size and the orientation of resonance unit. It is found that the period of the structure is always smaller than the wavelength at which chirality appears, which will provide a good basis for the design of chiral structures. More importantly, the CD is highly sensitive to the orientation of resonance unit. By adjusting the rotation angle, it is not only possible to invert the CD, but also to change the symmetry of the structure to realize the regulation of chirality. The chirality can be significantly enhanced in the proposed structure, and the maximum of circular dichroism (CD) can reach 0.76. To better understand the physical mechanism, the distributions of electric field for LCP and RCP waves are also discussed as well. This work will not only deepen the understanding of chiral metasurfaces, but also provide guidance for the design of similar chiral structures.

  • Wavy optical grating: wideband reflector and Fabry-Perot BICs

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: In this study, we theoretically and numerically investigate the resonant modes and reflectance of an optical grating consisting of a wavy dielectric slab by applying the spectral element method. The presence of the wavy shape transforms the waveguide modes into leaky resonant modes. A few resonant modes with specific longitudinal wave number have infinitely large Q factor, while the other resonant modes have finite Q factor. For the leaky resonant mode with zero longitudinal wave number, the Q factor is inversely proportional to the amplitude of the wavy shape. An array of multiple low-Q wavy gratings has a high reflectance in a large bandwidth. A double-layer wavy grating forms a Fabry-Perot cavity, which hosts Fabry-Perot bound states in the continuum (BICs) at the resonant frequency. The Q-factor of the Fabry-Perot cavity can be tuned by adjusting the distance between the two wavy slabs. The wavy shape could be generated by a vibrational wave in a flat dielectric slab so that the BICs mode and wideband reflectance could be controlled on-demand.

  • Enhancing Goos-H\"anchen shift based on magnetic dipole quasi-bound states in the continuum in all-dielectric metasurfaces

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Metasurface-mediated bound states in the continuum (BIC) provides a versatile platform for light manipulation at subwavelength dimension with diverging radiative quality factor and extreme optical localization. In this work, we employ magnetic dipole quasi-BIC resonance in asymmetric silicon nanobar metasurfaces to realize giant Goos-H\"anchen (GH) shift enhancement by more than three orders of wavelength. In sharp contrast to GH shift based on the Brewster dip or transmission-type resonance, the maximum GH shift here is located at the reflection peak with unity reflectance, which can be conveniently detected in the experiment. By adjusting the asymmetric parameter of metasurfaces, the $Q$-factor and GH shift can be modulated accordingly. More interestingly, it is found that GH shift exhibits an inverse quadratic dependence on the asymmetric parameter. Furthermore, we design an ultrasensitive environmental refractive index sensor based on the quasi-BIC enhanced GH shift, with a maximum sensitivity of 1.5$\times$10$^{7}$ $\mu$m/RIU. Our work not only reveals the essential role of BIC in engineering the basic optical phenomena, but also suggests the way for pushing the performance limits of optical communication devices, information storage, wavelength division de/multiplexers, and ultrasensitive sensors.

  • Embedding Flipped SU(5) into SO(10)

    分类: 物理学 >> 普通物理:统计和量子力学,量子信息等 提交时间: 2017-09-17

    摘要: We embed the flipped SU(5) models into the SO(10) models. After the SO(10) gauge symmetry is broken down to the flipped SU(5)譛(1)X gauge symmetry, we can split the five/one-plets and ten-plets in the spinor 16 and 16 Higgs fields via the stable sliding singlet mechanism. As in the flipped SU(5) models, these ten-plet Higgs fields can break the flipped SU(5) gauge symmetry down to the Standard Model gauge symmetry. The doublet-triplet splitting problem can be solved naturally by the missing partner mechanism, and the Higgsino-exchange mediated proton decay can be suppressed elegantly. Moreover, we show that there exists one pair of the light Higgs doublets for the electroweak gauge symmetry breaking. Because there exist two pairs of additional vector-like particles with similar intermediate-scale masses, the SU(5) and U(1)X gauge couplings can be unified at the GUT scale which is reasonably (about one or two orders) higher than the SU(2)L �SU(3)C unification scale. Furthermore, we briefly discuss the simplest SO(10) model with flipped SU(5) embedding, and point out that it can not work without fine-tuning.