Leaky-mode resonance photonics: an applications platform

Robert Magnusson; Mehrdad Shokooh-Saremi; Kyu Jin Lee; James Curzan; Debra Wawro; Shelby Zimmerman; Wenhua Wu; Jaewoong Yoon; Halldor G. Svavarsson; Seok Ho Song

doi:10.1117/12.896431

23 September 2011 Leaky-mode resonance photonics: an applications platform

Robert Magnusson, Mehrdad Shokooh-Saremi, Kyu Jin Lee, James Curzan, Debra Wawro, Shelby Zimmerman, Wenhua Wu, Jaewoong Yoon, Halldor G. Svavarsson, Seok Ho Song

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Proceedings Volume 8102, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices VIII; 810202 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896431
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Resonant leaky modes can be induced on dielectric, semiconductor, and metallic periodic layers patterned in one or two dimensions. In this paper, we summarize their physical basis and present their applicability in photonic devices and systems. The fundamental amplitude and phase response of this device class is presented by computed examples for TE and TM polarizations for lightly and heavily spatially modulated gratings. A summary of potential applications is provided followed by discussion of representative examples. In particular, we present a resonant polarizer enabled by a single periodic silicon layer operating across 200-nm bandwidth at normal incidence. Guided-mode resonance (GMR) biosensor technology is presented in which the dual-polarization capability of the fundamental resonance effect is applied to determine two unknowns in a biodetection experiment. In principle, using polarization and modal diversity, simultaneously collected data sets can be used to determine several relevant parameters in each channel of the sensor system; these results exemplify this unique capability of GMR sensor technology. Applying the GMR phase, we show an example of a half-wave retarder design operating across a 50-nm bandwidth at λ~1550 nm. Experimental results using a metal/dielectric design show that surface-plasmon resonance and leaky-mode resonance can coexist in the same device; the experimental results fit well with theoretical simulations.

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Robert Magnusson, Mehrdad Shokooh-Saremi, Kyu Jin Lee, James Curzan, Debra Wawro, Shelby Zimmerman, Wenhua Wu, Jaewoong Yoon, Halldor G. Svavarsson, and Seok Ho Song "Leaky-mode resonance photonics: an applications platform", Proc. SPIE 8102, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices VIII, 810202 (23 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896431

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