High-Q supercavity modes in subwavelength dielectric resonators

Recent progress in nanoscale optical physics is associated with the development of a new branch of nanophotonics exploring strong Mie resonances in dielectric nanoparticles with high refractive index. The high-index resonant dielectric nanostructures form building blocks for novel photonic metadevic...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2017-06
Main Authors: Rybin, Mikhail V, Koshelev, Kirill L, Sadrieva, Zarina F, Samusev, Kirill B, Bogdanov, Andrey A, Limonov, Mikhail F, Kivshar, Yuri S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dielectric strength
Nanoparticles
Nanorods
Photonic crystals
Q factors
Refractivity
Resonators
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Summary:Recent progress in nanoscale optical physics is associated with the development of a new branch of nanophotonics exploring strong Mie resonances in dielectric nanoparticles with high refractive index. The high-index resonant dielectric nanostructures form building blocks for novel photonic metadevices with low losses and advanced functionalities. However, unlike extensively studied cavities in photonic crystals, such dielectric resonators demonstrate low quality factors (Q-factors). Here, we uncover a novel mechanism for achieving giant Q-factors of subwavelength nanoscale resonators by realizing the regime of bound states in the continuum. We reveal strong mode coupling and Fano resonances in high-index dielectric finite-length nanorods resulting in high-Q factors at the nanoscale. Thus, high-index dielectric resonators represent the simplest example of nanophotonic supercavities, expanding substantially the range of applications of all-dielectric resonant nanophotonics and meta-optics.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1706.02099