{"title":"Photonic-plasmonic hybrid resonators and molecular optomechanics","authors":"F. Koenderink","doi":"10.1117/12.2594625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594625","url":null,"abstract":"The high Q of microcavities, and the ultimate confinement of plasmonics may be advantageously combined in hybrid photonic-plasmonic resonators for ultrastrong light-matter interactions for SERS, polaritonic chemistry, and novel light sources. I will present the unique merits of hybrids on basis of plasmonic-nanoparticle-on-mirror systems in cavities as compared to simple metasurface etalons and constructs on basis of dielectric microdisk cavities and simple dipole antennas. I will discuss experimental evidence from linear mode spectroscopy, femtosecond SHG and two photon luminescence studies, and SERS, and will provide a viewpoint on potential uses for sideband-resolved molecular optomechanics.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124082231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient photonics using earth-abundant materials","authors":"M. Leite","doi":"10.1117/12.2595063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595063","url":null,"abstract":"Transient photonics entitles the controlled use of optical devices that can vanish on demand. Here, we demonstrate a platform for transient photonics based on Mg and MgO, materials that dissolve in water at ambient environment. We show vivid color pixels covering the entire sRGB, where the hues disappear in a few minutes upon system's exposure to water, important for applications ranging from encryption to eco-friendly displays.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128364095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Lobet, I. Liberal, E. Knall, Zahirul Alam, O. Reshef, Robert W. Boyd, N. Engheta, E. Mazur
{"title":"Emission processes inside near-zero index media of various dimensionalities","authors":"M. Lobet, I. Liberal, E. Knall, Zahirul Alam, O. Reshef, Robert W. Boyd, N. Engheta, E. Mazur","doi":"10.1117/12.2593899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593899","url":null,"abstract":"Absorption, spontaneous emission and stimulated emission are the paramount light-matter interactions encountered in photonics. Here, we theoretically investigate those three pre-cited phenomena inside unbounded media with a vanishingly small refractive index (NZI materials). Our formalism describes the effect of the spatial dimensionality of the NZI medium as well as the class of NZI materials (epsilon-near zero, mu-near zero or epsilon and mu-near zero). For example, spontaneous emission might be inhibited in 3D homogeneous lossless NZI media but be greatly enhanced in an NZI material of reduced dimensionality.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130857559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Mouttou, Fabien Le Marchand, J. Lumeau, C. Favard, A. Lereu
{"title":"Optical resonances in optical thin films from metals to dielectrics","authors":"A. Mouttou, Fabien Le Marchand, J. Lumeau, C. Favard, A. Lereu","doi":"10.1117/12.2594163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594163","url":null,"abstract":"Optical resonances in continuous thin films have been under investigation for decades to push the limits of optical components or platforms for sensing or imaging applications. They occur under total internal reflection with the generation of surface plasmons in metallic films or of Bloch surface waves in dielectrics to generate large field enhancements in the near-field of the free interface. I will discuss both situations and give a quick comparison with advantages and drawbacks of both concepts in regard to common applications.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131351948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kottos, U. Kuhl, F. Mortessagne, Do Hyeok Jeon, M. Reisner, H. Schomerus, C. Schindler
{"title":"Reflective receiver protectors with non-Hermitian CT-symmetric spectral protection of nonlinear defect modes","authors":"T. Kottos, U. Kuhl, F. Mortessagne, Do Hyeok Jeon, M. Reisner, H. Schomerus, C. Schindler","doi":"10.1117/12.2593260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593260","url":null,"abstract":"Reciever protectors (RP) shield sensitive electronics from high-power electromagnetic signals that might damage them. Typical RP schemes range from simple fusing and PIN diodes to superconducting circuits and plasma cells -- each having a variety of drawbacks ranging from unacceptable system downtime and self-destruction to significant insertion losses and power consumption. We introduce a class of non-Hermitian photonic receiver protectors that are self-protected from overheating effects induced via high-level incident electromagnetic radiation, due to a self-regulating impedance mismatching mechanism that turns them into near-perfect reflectors. At low-power incident signals, these receiver protectors demonstrate high transmittance via a nonlinear defect mode. In this limit, they also demonstrate a high tolerance to fabrication imperfections due to topological protection, imposed via a charge-conjugation symmetry.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123170411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase-change optical nonlinearity as a cellular automaton","authors":"Liwei Zhang, K. Macdonald, N. Zheludev","doi":"10.1117/12.2594893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594893","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a cellular automata methodology for studying the photonics of light-induced phase transitions. A model governed by a sparse set of evolutionary rules successfully describes the complex, non-stationary, spatially inhomogeneous dynamics and nonlinear optical properties of a medium undergoing a light-induced structural transition.","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130447275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical quasinormal mode theory of elastic Purcell factors:\u0000Fano resonances and Q-factor enhancements in optomechanical beams","authors":"Waleed El-Sayed, Stephen Hughes","doi":"10.1117/12.2593902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":112265,"journal":{"name":"Active Photonic Platforms XIII","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132485082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}