TY - JOUR
AB - We present strong enhancement of third harmonic generation in an amorphous silicon metasurface consisting of elliptical nano resonators. We show that this enhancement originates from a new type of multi-mode Fano mechanism. These ‘Super-Fano’ resonances are investigated numerically in great detail using full-wave simulations. The theoretically predicted behavior of the metasurface is experimentally verified by linear and nonlinear transmission spectroscopy. Moreover, quantitative nonlinear measurements are performed, in which an absolute conversion efficiency as high as ηmax ≈ 2.8 × 10−7 a peak power intensity of 1.2 GW cm−2 is found. Compared to an unpatterned silicon film of the same thickness amplification factors of up to ~900 are demonstrated. Our results pave the way to exploiting a strong Fano-type multi-mode coupling in metasurfaces for high THG in potential applications.
AU - Hähnel, David
AU - Golla, Christian
AU - Albert, Maximilian
AU - Zentgraf, Thomas
AU - Myroshnychenko, Viktor
AU - Förstner, Jens
AU - Meier, Cedrik
ID - 44097
IS - 1
JF - Light: Science & Applications
KW - tet_topic_meta
SN - 2047-7538
TI - A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces
VL - 12
ER -
TY - JOUR
AB - Dielectric metasurfaces provide a unique platform for efficient harmonic generation and optical wavefront manipulation at the nanoscale. Tailoring phase and amplitude of a nonlinearly generated wave with a high emission efficiency using resonance-based metasurfaces is a challenging task that often requires state-of-the-art numerical methods. Here, we propose a simple yet effective approach combining a sampling method with a Monte Carlo approach to design the third-harmonic wavefront generated by all-dielectric metasurfaces composed of elliptical silicon nanodisks. Using this approach, we theoretically demonstrate the full nonlinear 2π phase control with a uniform and highest possible amplitude in the considered parameter space, allowing us to design metasurfaces operating as third harmonic beam deflectors capable of steering light into a desired direction with high emission efficiency. The TH beam deflection with a record calculated average conversion efficiency of 1.2 × 10–1 W–2 is achieved. We anticipate that the proposed approach will be widely applied as alternative to commonly used optimization algorithms with higher complexity and implementation effort for the design of metasurfaces with other holographic functionalities.
AU - Hähnel, David
AU - Förstner, Jens
AU - Myroshnychenko, Viktor
ID - 45596
JF - ACS Photonics
KW - tet_topic_meta
SN - 2330-4022
TI - Efficient Modeling and Tailoring of Nonlinear Wavefronts in Dielectric Metasurfaces
ER -
TY - JOUR
AB - Silicon photonics, in conjunction with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication, has greatly enhanced the development of integrated optical phased arrays. This facilitates a dynamic control of light in a compact form factor that enables the synthesis of arbitrary complex wavefronts in the infrared spectrum. We numerically demonstrate a large-scale two-dimensional silicon-based optical phased array (OPA) composed of nanoantennas with circular gratings that are balanced in power and aligned in phase, required for producing elegant radiation patterns in the far-field. For a wavelength of 1.55 μm, we optimize two antennas for the OPA exhibiting an upward radiation efficiency as high as 90%, with almost 6.8% of optical power concentrated in the field of view. Additionally, we believe that the proposed OPAs can be easily fabricated and would have the ability to generate complex holographic images, rendering them an attractive candidate for a wide range of applications like LiDAR sensors, optical trapping, optogenetic stimulation, and augmented-reality displays.
AU - Farheen, Henna
AU - Strauch, Andreas
AU - Scheytt, J. Christoph
AU - Myroshnychenko, Viktor
AU - Förstner, Jens
ID - 50012
JF - Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications
KW - tet_topic_opticalantenna
SN - 1569-4410
TI - Optimized, Highly Efficient Silicon Antennas for Optical Phased Arrays
VL - 58
ER -
TY - CONF
AB - In this paper, the influence of the environment on an inductive location system is analyzed. In the inductive location method, high frequency magnetic fields generated by planar coils lead to induction in other coils, which is used for localization analysis. Magnetic fields are not affected by changes in the dielectric properties of the environment, which is an advantage over other localization methods. However, electrical material parameters can still affect the localization results by indirect effects. For this reason, in this publication the influence will be investigated using real material parameters and their effects on the localization will be considered, so that the robustness and the limits of the inductive localization can be evaluated.
AU - Lange, Sven
AU - Hilleringmann, Ulrich
AU - Hedayat, Christian
AU - Kuhn, Harald
AU - Förstner, Jens
ID - 49890
KW - Planar coils
KW - inductive locating
KW - magnetic fields
KW - environmental influences
KW - eddy currents
KW - tet_topic_hf
T2 - 2023 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (CAMA)
TI - Characterization of Various Environmental Influences on the Inductive Localization
ER -
TY - JOUR
AB - AbstractThe biexciton‐exciton emission cascade commonly used in quantum‐dot systems to generate polarization entanglement yields photons with intrinsically limited indistinguishability. In the present work, it focuses on the generation of pairs of photons with high degrees of polarization entanglement and simultaneously high indistinguishability. It achieves this goal by selectively reducing the biexciton lifetime with an optical resonator. It demonstrates that a suitably tailored circular Bragg reflector fulfills the requirements of sufficient selective Purcell enhancement of biexciton emission paired with spectrally broad photon extraction and twofold degenerate optical modes. The in‐depth theoretical study combines (i) the optimization of realistic photonic structures solving Maxwell's equations from which model parameters are extracted as input for (ii) microscopic simulations of quantum‐dot cavity excitation dynamics with full access to photon properties. It reports non‐trivial dependencies on system parameters and use the predictive power of the combined theoretical approach to determine the optimal range of Purcell enhancement that maximizes indistinguishability and entanglement to near unity values, here specifically for the telecom C‐band at 1550 nm.
AU - Bauch, David
AU - Siebert, Dustin
AU - Jöns, Klaus
AU - Förstner, Jens
AU - Schumacher, Stefan
ID - 48599
JF - Advanced Quantum Technologies
KW - tet_topic_qd
SN - 2511-9044
TI - On‐Demand Indistinguishable and Entangled Photons Using Tailored Cavity Designs
ER -