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Park W, Lee J, Han MJ, Wolska J, Pociecha D, Gorecka E, Seo MK, Choi YS, Yoon DK. Light-Driven Fabrication of a Chiral Photonic Lattice of the Helical Nanofilament Liquid Crystal Phase. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:4409-4416. [PMID: 35029362 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A photonic lattice is an efficient platform for optically exploring quantum phenomena. However, its fabrication requires high costs and complex procedures when conventional materials, such as silicon or metals, are used. Here, we demonstrate a simple and cost-effective fabrication method for a reconfigurable chiral photonic lattice of the helical nanofilament (HNF) liquid crystal (LC) phase and diffraction grating showing wavelength-dependent diffraction with a rotated polarization state. Furthermore, the UV-exposed areas of the HNF film having chiral characteristics act as optical building blocks that induce resonant intensity modulation in the reflectance and transmittance modes and the optical rotation of the linear polarization. Our photonic lattice of the HNF can be an efficient platform for a chirality-embedded photonic lattice at a low cost.
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- Wongi Park
- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KAIST Institute for Nanocentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Khorrami Y, Fathi D, Rumpf RC. Fast optimal design of optical components using the cultural algorithm. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:15954-15968. [PMID: 32549429 DOI: 10.1364/oe.391354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Design of the guided-mode resonance (GMR) grating filter, as one of the most important optical components, using the cultural algorithm (CA) is presented, for the first time. CA is an evolutionary algorithm (EA) which is easy-to-implement, flexible, inspired by the human cultural evolution, upon using the domain knowledge for reducing the search space as a metaheuristic optimization method. Reflection spectra of the designed GMR filter based on the CA is in good agreement with the previous simulation results. CA has both acceptable accuracy and enough high speed to optimize the complicated structures; therefore, a novel double-line asymmetrical transmitter (DLAT) is introduced and optimized as a complex grating-based optical component using the mentioned algorithm. The results show the transmittance at two different communication wavelengths (1.5039 and 1.6113 µm) using the combination of binary diffraction grating and customized photonic crystal (PhC) structure. Also, the DLAT shows the characteristics of a perfect transverse magnetic (TM) polarizer. Furthermore, we demonstrated the Talbot effect at the DLAT output which is so applicable in the optical usage, especially for the integrated optics.
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Serebryannikov AE, Colak E, Magath T, Ozbay E. Two types of single-beam deflection and asymmetric transmission in photonic structures without interface corrugations. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2016; 33:2450-2458. [PMID: 27906271 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.33.002450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We study single-beam deflection and asymmetry in transmission, two aspects of the same phenomenon that appear in the topologically simple, nonsymmetric, photonic crystal (PhC)-based structures without corrugations at the interfaces. Strong diffractions enabling efficient blazing, i.e., redistribution of the incident wave energy in favor of the desired higher diffraction order(s), can be achieved owing to the defect-like layer(s) embedded in a regular slab of PhC. The main features, together with the peculiarities of the two basic transmission types and relevant coupling and deflection scenarios, are discussed, for one of which a part of the PhC works in the evanescent-wave regime. Performances are suggested, in which efficient single-beam deflection and asymmetry in transmission can be obtained even when the irregular layer is deeply embedded. More than 97% of the incident wave energy can be converted into a single deflected beam that is associated with the first negative diffraction order, even though the entire structure is nonsymmetric and the diffractive element is located at some distance from the incidence interface.
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Dossou KB. Doppler shift generated by a moving diffraction grating under incidence by polychromatic diffuse light. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:3915-3924. [PMID: 27411115 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.003915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We consider the spectral response of moving diffraction gratings, in which the incident light extends over a broad angular range and where the diffracted light is observed from a specific angle. We show that the dispersion relation between the frequency perceived by an observer who is looking at a moving grating and the incident frequency can exhibit some unique features, such as a flat band (i.e., a local minimum). An observer can see the light diffracted into a nonspecular diffraction order from a multitude of incident light rays, and the angle of incidence of each ray is frequency dependent; as a consequence, when the grating is moving, each incident ray experiences a Doppler shift in frequency that depends on its angle of incidence. We find that remarkable features appear near a Wood anomaly where the angle of incidence, for a given diffraction angle, can change very quickly with frequency. This means that light of multiple frequencies and incident from multiple angles can be mixed by the motion of the grating into the same diffracted ray and their frequencies can be compressed into a narrower range. The existence of a flat band means that a moving grating can be used as a device to increase the intensity of the perceived diffracted light due to spectral compression. The properties of a grating in motion in sunlight can also be relevant to the study of naturally occurring gratings which are typically in oscillatory motion.
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Su X, Wei Z, Wu C, Long Y, Li H. Negative reflection from metal/graphene plasmonic gratings. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:348-351. [PMID: 26766711 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.000348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We propose a scheme of metal/graphene plasmonic gratings for negative reflection. The existence of graphene ribbons, introducing abrupt discontinuity on tangential components of magnetic fields for scattering waves across a graphene interface, substantially alters the dispersion of surface states on plasmonic gratings such that negative reflection that is robust against the incidence angle and can be tuned in a wide frequency range as a function of Fermi energy of graphene. Circularly polarized incidence waves are reflected and split along specular and negative directions, with respective to transverse magnetic and electric polarization. Our findings are potentially helpful for light steering in integrated optical circuits.
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Simakov EI, Earley LM, Heath CE, Shchegolkov DY, Schultz BD. First experimental demonstration of a photonic band gap channel-drop filter at 240 GHz. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2010; 81:104701. [PMID: 21034104 DOI: 10.1063/1.3488376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have designed, fabricated, and tested a novel photonic band gap (PBG) channel-drop filter (CDF) operating at around 240 GHz. A PBG CDF is a device that allows the channeling of selected frequencies from continuous spectra into separate waveguides through select defects in a PBG structure. It is compact and configurable, and thus, it can be employed for millimeter-wave spectrometry with applications in communications, radio astronomy, and radar receivers for remote sensing and nonproliferation. In this paper we present the design, modeling, and fabrication methods used to produce a silicon-based PBG CDF, and demonstrate its ability to filter the frequency of 240 GHz with a linewidth of approximately 1 GHz and transmission of 25 dB above background.
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Popov E, Maystre D, Tayeb G. Whispering gallery modes and other cavity modes for perfect backscattering and blazing. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2010; 27:1584-1592. [PMID: 20596144 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.27.001584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate the possibility to obtain perfect blazing both in Littrow and off-Littrow mountings using diffractive systems consisting of a plane metallic substrate and dielectric structures that can support cavity modes. The resonances are located at a relatively large distance between the metal and the dielectric structure, a condition that prevents the resonance increase of absorption. The high efficiency can be obtained in transverse electric or transverse magnetic polarization and at high incident angles. When cylindrical rods with circular cross-sections are used, the so-called whispering gallery modes can be used to provide the resonances, necessary for the blazing.
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- E Popov
- Institut Fresnel, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 6133, Domaine Universitaire de St. Jerome,13397 Marseille CEDEX 20, France.
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Wei Z, Li H, Wu C, Cao Y, Ren J, Hang Z, Chen H, Zhang D, Chan CT. Anomalous reflection from hybrid metamaterial slab. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:12119-12126. [PMID: 20588334 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.012119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report for the first time that an ultra-thin hybrid metamaterial slab can reflect an incident plane wave in -1st diffraction order, giving rise to anomalous reflection in a "negative" way. The functionality is derived from the hybridized surface resonant states of the slab. The retro-directive reflection is demonstrated numerically for a Gaussian beam at oblique incidence and verified experimentally at microwave frequencies.
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- Zeyong Wei
- Physics Department, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Alagappan G, Sun XW, Yu MB. Out-of-plane diffraction of a two-dimensional photonic crystal with finite dielectric modulation. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2008; 25:1098-1103. [PMID: 18451916 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.25.001098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We present a generalized picture of out-of-plane diffraction in a two-dimensional photonic crystal using the concept of photonic bands and employing a three-dimensional, equal-frequency-surface analysis. We show that the discrete spots of diffraction pattern in a weakly modulated photonic crystal, including those of conventional diffraction gratings, become continuous when the dielectric modulation becomes finite. Furthermore, in a finite-modulated photonic crystal, the diffraction can take place even in the region prohibited by Bragg's law: there are available states for the incident light, which are evanescent in the case of a diffraction grating (weakly modulated photonic crystal).
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- G Alagappan
- School of Electrical and Electronical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
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Bormashenko E, Pogreb R, Stanevsky O, Bormashenko Y, Socol Y, Gendelman O. Self-assembled honeycomb polycarbonate films deposited on polymer piezoelectric substrates and their applications. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Filloux P, Paraire N. Use of multilayer structures, periodically etched, to implement compact diffractive optical devices. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/4/5/367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Botten LC, Nicorovici NA, McPhedran RC, Sterke CM, Asatryan AA. Photonic band structure calculations using scattering matrices. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2001; 64:046603. [PMID: 11690166 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.046603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We consider band structure calculations of two-dimensional photonic crystals treated as stacks of one-dimensional gratings. The gratings are characterized by their plane wave scattering matrices, the calculation of which is well established. These matrices are then used in combination with Bloch's theorem to determine the band structure of a photonic crystal from the solution of an eigenvalue problem. Computationally beneficial simplifications of the eigenproblem for symmetric lattices are derived, the structure of eigenvalue spectrum is classified, and, at long wavelengths, simple expressions for the positions of the band gaps are deduced. Closed form expressions for the reflection and transmission scattering matrices of finite stacks of gratings are established. A new, fundamental quantity, the reflection scattering matrix, in the limit in which the stack fills a half space, is derived and is used to deduce the effective dielectric constant of the crystal in the long wavelength limit.
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- L C Botten
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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