Broadband solar energy absorber based on monolayer molybdenum disulfide using tungsten elliptical arrays

Ultra-wideband solar absorber based on refractory titanium metal

The application of topology in optics has led to a new paradigm in developing photonic devices with robust properties against disorder Although considerable progress on topological phenomena has been achieved in the classical domain, the realization of strong light-matter coupling in the quantum domain remains unexplored We demonstrate a strong interface between single quantum emitters and topological photonic states Our approach creates robust counterpropagating edge states at the boundary of two distinct topological photonic crystals We demonstrate the chiral emission of a quantum emitter into these modes and establish their robustness against sharp bends This approach may enable the development of quantum optics devices with built-in protection, with potential applications in quantum simulation and sensing

A topological quantum optics interface

By means of critical coupling and impedance matching theory, we have numerically simulated the perfect absorption of monolayer graphene. Through the critical coupling effect and impedance matching, we studied a perfect single-band absorption of the monolayer graphene and obtained high quality factor (Q-factor = 664.2) absorption spectrum which has an absorbance close to 100% in the near infrared region. The position of the absorption spectrum can be adjusted by changing the ratio between the radii of the elliptic cylinder air hole and the structural period. The sensitivity of the absorber can be achieved S = 342.7 nm/RIU (RIU is the per refractive index unit) and FOM = 199.2 (FOM is the figure of merit), which has great potential for development on biosensors. We believe that our research will have good application prospects in graphene photonic devices and optoelectronic devices.

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/1/95/pdf

High Quality Factor, High Sensitivity Metamaterial Graphene-Perfect Absorber Based on Critical Coupling Theory and Impedance Matching.

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) infrared sensor based on D-shape photonic crystal fibers with ITO coatings

In this work, an octagonal Penrose-type photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQF) with dual-cladding is proposed. By optimizing three geometric degrees of freedom, the PQF exhibits ultra-flattened near-zero dispersion of 0.014±0.293  ps/nm/km, ultra-low order confinement loss of 10−4  dB/km, and large effective mode area of over 16.2  μm2 in a broadband of wavelength from 1.27 to 1.67 μm, covering almost all optical communication bands. At the common communication wavelength 1.55 μm, completely opposite trends of the dispersion and the confinement loss varying with the air-filling factor in the inner cladding are demonstrated. In addition, the robustness of optical properties including dispersion, confinement loss, and effective mode area in this PQF is discussed, assuming a deviation ±3% of all air holes.

Broadband ultra-flattened dispersion, ultra-low confinement loss and large effective mode area in an octagonal photonic quasi-crystal fiber.

A D-shaped photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQF) sensor based on surface plasmon resonance is proposed for refractive index (RI) sensing. The influences of the width of the gold film, the diameter of the air holes, and the thickness of the gold film on the sensing performance are analyzed. When the RI of a liquid analyte gradually increases from 1.415 to 1.427, the average sensitivity is calculated as 10,250 nm/RIU, and the maximum sensitivity is up to 34,000 nm/RIU, which realizes the high-sensitivity sensing in the near-infrared band. The D-shaped PQF sensor proposed has great application potential in the detection of biochemical analytes and provides a new way to improve the sensing performance.

Refractive index sensing characteristics in a D-shaped photonic quasi-crystal fiber sensor based on surface plasmon resonance.

A novel polarization filter based on a sunflower-type photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQF) is proposed in this paper. We also discuss different methods to tune the filter wavelength. The proposed filter can efficiently produce polarized light with visible wavelengths by using the resonance between the second-order surface plasmon polariton mode and the core mode of the PQF. The filtered wavelength can be tuned between 0.55 µm and 0.68 µm by adjusting the thickness of the gold film. When the thickness of the gold film is 25.3 nm, the resonance loss in the y-polarized direction reaches 11707 dB m−1 for a wavelength of 0.6326 µm, and the full width at half maximum is only 5 nm. Due to the flexible design and absence of both polarization coupling and polarization dispersion, this polarization filter can be used in devices that require narrow-band filtering.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/aab4ce/pdf

Polarization filtering in the visible wavelength range using surface plasmon resonance and a sunflower-type photonic quasi-crystal fiber

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/ab2369/pdf

Robust transmission of orbital angular momentum mode based on a dual-cladding photonic quasi-crystal fiber

Optical topological insulators (OTIs) based on photonic crystals with ${C}_{6}$ symmetry are of interest for applications in integrated optics, offering special properties such as robustness, backscattering suppression, and defect immunity. These systems can be created with all-dielectric materials and no magnetic field, but progress is held back by technical difficulties. This study reveals the relationship between topological properties and structural parameters, and thus how to make OTIs with better adjustability by changing only the diameter of the cylinders in the basic structural unit of the photonic crystal.

Bei Yan

Papers

Broadband ultra-flattened dispersion, ultra-low confinement loss and large effective mode area in an octagonal photonic quasi-crystal fiber.

Refractive index sensing characteristics in a D-shaped photonic quasi-crystal fiber sensor based on surface plasmon resonance.

Polarization filtering in the visible wavelength range using surface plasmon resonance and a sunflower-type photonic quasi-crystal fiber

Robust transmission of orbital angular momentum mode based on a dual-cladding photonic quasi-crystal fiber

Topological Edge State in the Two-Dimensional Stampfli-Triangle Photonic Crystals