Dielectric Mie voids: confining light in air  

作　　者：Mario Hentsche Kirll Koshelev Florian Sterl Steffen Botho Julian Karst Lida Shamsafar Thomas Weiss Yuri Kivshar Harald Giessen 

机构地区：[1]4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE,University of Stuttgart,Pfaffenwaldring 57,70569 Stuttgart,Germany [2]Nonlinear Physics Centre,Research School of Physics,Australian National University,Canberra,ACT 2601,Australia [3]institute of Physics,University of Graz,and NAWI Graz,Universitatsplatz 5,8010 Graz,Austria

出　　处：《Light(Science & Applications)》2023年第2期156-167,共12页光（科学与应用)（英文版）

基　　金：This work was also supported by Baden-Wurttemberg-Stiftung(Opterial),European Research Council(ERC Advanced Grant Complexplas&ERC PoC Grant 3DPrintedOptics);Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung,Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,(SPP1839"Tailored Disorder"and GRK2642"Towards Graduate Experts in Photonic Quantum Technologies");by the Ministerium fur Wissenschaft,Forschung und Kunst Baden-Wurttemberg(RisC Project"Mie Voids",ZAQuant).

摘　　要：Manipulating light on the nanoscale has become a central challenge in metadevices,resonant surfaces,nanoscale optical sensors,and many more,and it is largely based on resonant light confinement in dispersive and lossy metals and dielectrics.Here,we experimentally implement a novel strategy for dielectric nanophotonics:Resonant subwavelength localized confinement of light in air.We demonstrate that voids created in high-index dielectric host materials support localized resonant modes with exceptional optical properties.Due to the confinement in air,the modes do not suffer from the loss and dispersion of the dielectric host medium.We experimentally realize these resonant Mie voids by focused ion beam milling into bulk silicon wafers and experimentally demonstrate resonant light confinement down to the UV spectral range at 265 nm(4.68 eV).Furthermore,we utilize the bright,intense,and naturalistic colours for nanoscale colour printing.Mie voids will thus push the operation of functional high-index metasurfaces into the blue and UV spectral range.The combination of resonant dielectric Mie voids with dielectric nanoparticles will more than double the parameter space for the future design of metasurfaces and other micro-and nanoscale optical elements.In particular,this extension will enable novel antenna and structure designs which benefit from the full access to the modal field inside the void as well as the nearly free choice of the high-index material for novel sensing and active manipulation strategies.

关 键 词：DIELECTRIC utilize exceptional 

分 类 号：O43[机械工程—光学工程]