Far-field probing of leaky topological states in all-dielectric metasurfaces.

Autor: Gorlach MA; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA.; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia., Ni X; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA.; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY, 10016, USA., Smirnova DA; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA., Korobkin D; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA., Zhirihin D; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia., Slobozhanyuk AP; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia., Belov PA; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia., Alù A; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA. alu@mail.utexas.edu.; The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. alu@mail.utexas.edu.; Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA. alu@mail.utexas.edu., Khanikaev AB; The Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, NY, 10031, USA. akhanikaev@ccny.cuny.edu.; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia. akhanikaev@ccny.cuny.edu.; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY, 10016, USA. akhanikaev@ccny.cuny.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2018 Mar 02; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 909. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 02.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03330-9
Abstrakt: Topological phase transitions in condensed matter systems give rise to exotic states of matter such as topological insulators, superconductors, and superfluids. Photonic topological systems open a whole new realm of research and technological opportunities, exhibiting a number of important distinctions from their condensed matter counterparts. Photonic modes can leak into free space, which makes it possible to probe topological photonic phases by spectroscopic means via Fano resonances. Based on this idea, we develop a technique to retrieve the topological properties of all-dielectric metasurfaces from the measured far-field scattering characteristics. Collected angle-resolved spectra provide the momentum-dependent frequencies and lifetimes of the photonic modes that enable the retrieval of the effective Hamiltonian and extraction of the topological invariant. Our results demonstrate how the topological states of open non-Hermitian systems can be explored via far-field measurements, thus paving a way to the design of metasurfaces with unique scattering characteristics controlled via topological effects.
Databáze: MEDLINE