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Ultra-high-Q resonances in plasmonic metasurfaces

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  • M. Saad Bin-Alam

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Orad Reshef

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Yaryna Mamchur

    (University of Ottawa
    National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”)

  • M. Zahirul Alam

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Graham Carlow

    (Iridian Spectral Technologies Inc.)

  • Jeremy Upham

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Brian T. Sullivan

    (Iridian Spectral Technologies Inc.)

  • Jean-Michel Ménard

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Mikko J. Huttunen

    (Tampere University)

  • Robert W. Boyd

    (University of Ottawa
    University of Ottawa
    University of Rochester)

  • Ksenia Dolgaleva

    (University of Ottawa
    University of Ottawa)

Abstract

Plasmonic nanostructures hold promise for the realization of ultra-thin sub-wavelength devices, reducing power operating thresholds and enabling nonlinear optical functionality in metasurfaces. However, this promise is substantially undercut by absorption introduced by resistive losses, causing the metasurface community to turn away from plasmonics in favour of alternative material platforms (e.g., dielectrics) that provide weaker field enhancement, but more tolerable losses. Here, we report a plasmonic metasurface with a quality-factor (Q-factor) of 2340 in the telecommunication C band by exploiting surface lattice resonances (SLRs), exceeding the record by an order of magnitude. Additionally, we show that SLRs retain many of the same benefits as localized plasmonic resonances, such as field enhancement and strong confinement of light along the metal surface. Our results demonstrate that SLRs provide an exciting and unexplored method to tailor incident light fields, and could pave the way to flexible wavelength-scale devices for any optical resonating application.

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  • M. Saad Bin-Alam & Orad Reshef & Yaryna Mamchur & M. Zahirul Alam & Graham Carlow & Jeremy Upham & Brian T. Sullivan & Jean-Michel Ménard & Mikko J. Huttunen & Robert W. Boyd & Ksenia Dolgaleva, 2021. "Ultra-high-Q resonances in plasmonic metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-21196-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21196-2
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