NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0618
Angus Crookes, Ben Yuen, Angela Demetriadou
{"title":"Collective multimode strong coupling in plasmonic nanocavities","authors":"Angus Crookes, Ben Yuen, Angela Demetriadou","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0618","url":null,"abstract":"Plasmonic nanocavities enable access to the quantum properties of matter but are often simplified to single mode models despite their complex multimode structure. Here, we show that off-resonant plasmonic modes in fact play a crucial role in strong coupling and determine the onset of a novel collective interaction. Our analysis reveals that <jats:italic>n</jats:italic> strongly coupled plasmonic modes introduce up to <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> + 1)/2 oscillation frequencies that depend on their coupling strengths and detuning’s from the quantum emitter. Furthermore, we identify three distinct regions as the coupling strength increases: (1) single mode, (2) multimode and (3) collective multimode strong coupling. Our findings enhance the understanding of quantum dynamics in realistic plasmonic environments and demonstrate their potential to achieve ultra-fast energy transfer in light-driven quantum technologies.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0739
Woo Hun Choi, Seong Won Lee, Su-Hyun Gong
{"title":"On-chip manipulation of trion drift in suspended WS2 monolayer at room temperature","authors":"Woo Hun Choi, Seong Won Lee, Su-Hyun Gong","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0739","url":null,"abstract":"Excitons, which are bound states of electrons and holes, in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been studied as an information carrier for realizing new types of optoelectronic devices. However, the charge neutrality of excitons inhibits the electric control of their motion, as seen in conventional electronic devices, except when utilizing a heterostructure. Here, we investigated the drift motion of trions, quasiparticles composed of an exciton bound to an excess charge, at room temperature in a suspended WS<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> monolayer by applying a gate-tunable electric field. Using a simple bottom-gate device, we can tune the electric field intensity and exciton-to-trion conversion ratio by increasing the charge density in the monolayer. Consequently, we experimentally observed that locally excited trions drift toward the center of the suspended monolayer. To understand the underlying mechanisms, we numerically simulated the trion drift using the drift-diffusion equation, accounting for the contributions from both the electric field and strain. The results confirmed that the electric field plays the dominant role in the drift phenomena. Our work offers a useful platform for realizing trion-based optoelectronic devices that are capable of operating even at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0742
Jonas H. Krakofsky, Raktim Sarma, Igal Brener, Andrea Alù, Jongwon Lee, Mikhail A. Belkin
{"title":"Flat nonlinear optics with intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces","authors":"Jonas H. Krakofsky, Raktim Sarma, Igal Brener, Andrea Alù, Jongwon Lee, Mikhail A. Belkin","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0742","url":null,"abstract":"Nonlinear intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces produce some of the strongest second- and third-order nonlinear optical responses reported for condensed matter systems at infrared frequencies. These metasurfaces are fabricated as two-dimensional arrays of nanoresonators from multi-quantum-well semiconductor heterostructures, designed to produce strong nonlinear responses associated with intersubband transitions. By optimally coupling the optical modes of the nanoresonators to vertically polarized intersubband transitions in semiconductor heterostructures, one can boost the nonlinear response associated with intersubband transitions, make intersubband transitions interact with free-space radiation at normal incidence, and hence produce optically thin flat nonlinear optical elements compatible with free-space optical setups. As a result of the strong nonlinear response in these systems, significant nonlinear conversion efficiencies (>0.1 %) can be attained in deeply subwavelength optical films using modest pumping intensities of only 10–100 kW/cm<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>. Subwavelength metasurface thickness relaxes phase-matching constraints limiting the operation of bulk nonlinear crystals. Furthermore, the amplitude and phase of the nonlinear optical response in intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces can be tailored for a specific pump wavelength and a nonlinear process of interest through the co-optimization of quantum engineering of electron states in semiconductor heterostructures and photonic engineering of the metasurface nanoresonators design. Additionally, an applied voltage can dynamically control the amplitude and phase of the nonlinear optical response at a nanoresonator level. Here, we review the current state of the art in this rapidly expanding field, focusing on nonlinear processes supporting second-harmonic generation, saturable absorption, and optical power limiting.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatio-spectral localized modal coupling for room-temperature quantum coherence protection","authors":"Wen-Jie Zhou, Yu-Wei Lu, Jing-Feng Liu, Renming Liu, Lay Kee Ang, Ortwin Hess, Lin Wu","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0574","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to advance the room-temperature manipulation of photonic qubits and enhance coherence preservation in and for quantum applications via tailored spatio-spectral localized (SSL) systems. We focus on an innovative all-plasmonic SSL system consisting of a gold bowtie array on a gold substrate. This design produces a high-Q spectral-localized mode through the lattice array, emerging from the collective lattice response of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), particularly the surface lattice resonance (SLR). The SSL system enables tunable modal coupling between the LSPR and SLR, allowing precise alignment with quantum emitters to form quasi-bound states across an energy range of 1.45–1.91 eV. This flexibility allows us to investigate how innovative configurations – such as three-body coupling symmetry and modal-coupling strength – affect coherence protection. These insights pave the way for optimizing SSL systems, setting the stage for significant advancements in nanophotonic qubit manipulation at ambient conditions and the future of photonic quantum systems.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0725
Junjun Shi, Kangcheng Jing, Li Li, Wenjun Zhang, Tianzhu Zhang, Xiaobo He
{"title":"Second harmonic generation of optical spin−orbit interactions in hybrid plasmonic nanocircuits","authors":"Junjun Shi, Kangcheng Jing, Li Li, Wenjun Zhang, Tianzhu Zhang, Xiaobo He","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0725","url":null,"abstract":"The manipulation of nonlinear spin–orbit interaction at the nanoscale is crucial for advancing information processing in integrated nanophotonics. However, the weak spin–orbit interaction (SOI) in conventional waveguide materials significantly limits the efficiency of nonlinear optical processes. In this work, we design a hybrid plasmonic waveguide composed of a gold film and a Y-branch CdSe nanowire, which addresses the aforementioned limitations. The designed hybrid structure enables efficient directional emission of second-harmonic generation (SHG) via control of the polarization of the excitation light. The transversely emitted SHG can be visualized for directly imaging the SOI. Our work not only provides a way to enhances the efficiency of the nonlinear SOI but also a promising platform for further advances in integrated photonics and nonlinear optics.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing radiative heat transfer with meta-atomic displacement","authors":"Cheng-Long Zhou, Shuihua Yang, Yang Huang, Yong Zhang, Hong-Liang Yi, Mauro Antezza, Cheng-Wei Qiu","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0729","url":null,"abstract":"Controlling and manipulating radiative heat transfer remains a pivotal challenge in both scientific inquiry and technological advancement, traditionally tackled through the precise geometric design of metastructures. However, geometrical optimization cannot break the inherent shackles of local modes within individual meta-atoms, which hinders sustained progress in radiative heat transfer. Here, we propose a comprehensive strategy based on interatomic displacement to achieve superior heat transfer performance while obviating the need for increasingly complex structural designs. This meta-atomic displacement strategy enables a shift from quasi-isolated localized resonances to extended nonlocal resonant modes induced by strong interactions among neighboring meta-atoms, resulting in a radiative heat conductance that surpasses other previously reported geometrical structures. Furthermore, this meta-atomic displacement strategy can be seamlessly applied to various metastructures, offering significant implications for advancing thermal science and next-generation energy devices.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2025-0038
Enge Zhang, Lei Zhang
{"title":"Optical phased array receiver with mode diversity and coherent combination","authors":"Enge Zhang, Lei Zhang","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2025-0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0038","url":null,"abstract":"Optical phased arrays (OPAs) hold significant promise for low-cost, solid-state beam steering in LiDAR and free-space optical (FSO) communications. The field of view (FOV) is one of the key performance metrics in OPA for both optical beam transmitting (Tx) and receiving (Rx). Currently, people tend to use the same design for both the Tx and Rx parts under the hypothesis of reciprocity. In fact, Tx antennas typically generate well-controlled near-field profiles, whereas Rx apertures encounter randomly distributed incident waves due to uncontrolled reflection and propagation. This work demonstrates that leveraging mode diversity can effectively expand the FOV and enhance the receiving efficiency of Rx OPAs, irrespective of the antenna type. To efficiently utilize collected photons for coherent detection in LiDAR and FSO systems, we introduce an inversely designed mode splitter-converter and a coherent combination architecture. Unlike traditional methods, our approach effectively handles beams with varying amplitudes. As proof of concept, we designed and fabricated an 8-channel edge-emitting OPA receiver operating in TE<jats:sub>0</jats:sub> and TE<jats:sub>1</jats:sub> modes, employing a sparse array to suppress grating lobes within the ±90° range. Experimental results reveal an FOV of 133° for our multimode receiver, surpassing the 49° FOV of a single-mode counterpart with the same antenna array. Our approach, encompassing both mode diversity and coherent combination, introduces a new degree of freedom – higher-order spatial modes – with the potential to significantly advance OPA receiver design.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"4661 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0639
Thomas A. Grant, Anton N. Vetlugin, Eric Plum, Kevin F. MacDonald, Nikolay I. Zheludev
{"title":"Localization of nanoscale objects with light singularities","authors":"Thomas A. Grant, Anton N. Vetlugin, Eric Plum, Kevin F. MacDonald, Nikolay I. Zheludev","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0639","url":null,"abstract":"Unprecedented atomic-scale measurement resolution has recently been demonstrated in single-shot optical localization measurements based on deep-learning analyses of diffraction patterns of topologically structured light scattered from objects. Here, we show that variations in the diffraction patterns caused by positional changes of an object depend upon the spatial derivatives of the amplitude and phase of the incident field, most strongly around phase singularities. Despite lower intensity near the singularity, an orders-of-magnitude increase in Fisher information contained in the diffraction patterns can be achieved when a nano-object is illuminated by light containing phase singularities, rather than a plane wave. Our work provides a fundamental explanation and motivation for singularity-based metrology with deeply subwavelength precision.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0700
Jaewon Jang, Minsu Park, Hyeonjeong Kang, Gyu-Won Han, Hui Jae Cho, Yeonsang Park
{"title":"Dielectric metasurfaces based on a phase singularity in the region of high reflectance","authors":"Jaewon Jang, Minsu Park, Hyeonjeong Kang, Gyu-Won Han, Hui Jae Cho, Yeonsang Park","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0700","url":null,"abstract":"Metasurfaces, two-dimensional planar optical devices based on subwavelength-scale structures, have garnered significant attention for their potential to replace conventional optical components in various fields. These devices can manipulate the amplitude, phase, and polarization of light in versatile ways, offering complex functionalities within a single, space-efficient device. However, enhancing their functionality remains a challenge, requiring an expansion in the design flexibility of the structural elements, known as meta-atoms. In this study, we revealed that by varying the two independent lengths of the cross-shaped structure at a wavelength of 980 nm, a phase singularity exists in the region of high reflection. In addition, we found that the phase of transmitted light can be modulated from 0 to 2<jats:italic>π</jats:italic> by encircling this singularity. Based on the identified phase singularity, we designed and fabricated a polarization-independent metalens with varying numerical apertures to experimentally validate the feasibility of high-reflectivity transmissive wavefront engineering metasurfaces. The introduced meta-atoms based on a phase singularity are expected to open new avenues for applications, such as those requiring light attenuation and concentration simultaneously or the development of resonant cavity structures capable of beam modulation.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0595
Scott W. Hancock, Nishchal Tripathi, Manh S. Le, Andrew Goffin, Howard M. Milchberg
{"title":"Transverse orbital angular momentum of amplitude perturbed fields","authors":"Scott W. Hancock, Nishchal Tripathi, Manh S. Le, Andrew Goffin, Howard M. Milchberg","doi":"10.1515/nanoph-2024-0595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0595","url":null,"abstract":"We measure the change in transverse orbital angular momentum (tOAM) per photon, Δ⟨<jats:italic>L</jats:italic> <jats:sub> <jats:italic>y</jats:italic> </jats:sub>⟩, applied to an optical pulse by a pure amplitude perturbation. The results are in excellent agreement with calculations and simulations of the spatiotemporal torque based on our tOAM theory [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 193901 (2021)]. The crucial factor in determining Δ⟨<jats:italic>L</jats:italic> <jats:sub> <jats:italic>y</jats:italic> </jats:sub>⟩ is the spatiotemporal distribution of tOAM density in the pulse. We show that even Gaussian pulses with zero total tOAM can have net tOAM induced by an amplitude perturbation stationary in the lab frame. As a prelude to the paper, we review and clarify several recent theoretical approaches to tOAM and reemphasize several fundamental principles needed for the correct analysis of experiments and simulations.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}