Enhanced epsilon-near-zero structures for photonics

Autor: Calpe Roman, Koivurova Matias, Hakala Tommi K., Turunen Jari
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 287, p 05038 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328705038
Popis: We present an experimental realization of a novel layered metamaterial we label enhanced epsilon-near-zero (eENZ). The structure is a stack of alternating thin films made of ENZ– and dielectric material and it can be designed for desired refractive/reflective properties by appropriately tuning the film thicknesses. The structure supports thin film resonances, guided modes and Ferrel-Berreman plasmon modes and the performance of the structure shows a large improvement to many currently available bulk ENZ materials. Additionally, we recently demonstrated the possible use of eENZ for coherence switching in lasers [1]. We demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of the optical properties of the eENZ stack and compare the measured transmission properties with transfer matrix method (TMM) simulations.
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