Manipulating Bloch surface waves in 2D: a platform concept-based flat lens

Libo Yu; Elsie Barakat; Tristan Sfez; Lubos Hvozdara; Joab Di Francesco; Hans Peter Herzig

doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.5

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Manipulating Bloch surface waves in 2D: a platform concept-based flat lens

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- Manipulating Bloch surface waves in 2D: a platform concept-based flat lens
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 3, Issue 1, (2014)
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  Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory (OPT), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Author bio：
  
  Professor HP Herzig, Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory (OPT), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71b, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Email: hanspeter.herzig@epfl.ch
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2014.5
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- Published：2014-03，
  
  Published Online：03 January 2014，
  
  Received：08 June 2013，
  
  Revised：07 August 2013，
  
  Accepted：26 August 2013
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Yu, L. B. et al. Manipulating Bloch surface waves in 2D: a platform concept-based flat lens. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e124 (2014).
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Yu, L. B. et al. Manipulating Bloch surface waves in 2D: a platform concept-based flat lens. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e124 (2014). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2014.5.

摘要

Abstract

At the end of the 1970s

it was confirmed that dielectric multilayers can sustain Bloch surface waves (BSWs). However

BSWs were not widely studied until more recently. Taking advantage of their high-quality factor

sensing applications have focused on BSWs. Thus far

no work has been performed to manipulate and control the natural surface propagations in terms of defined functions with two-dimensional (2D) components

targeting the realization of a 2D system. In this study

we demonstrate that 2D photonic components can be implemented by coating an in-plane shaped ultrathin (~λ/15) polymer layer on the dielectric multilayer. The presence of the polymer modifies the local effective refractive index

enabling direct manipulation of the BSW. By locally shaping the geometries of the 2D components

the BSW can be deflected

diffracted

focused and coupled with 2D freedom. Enabling BSW manipulation in 2D

the dielectric multilayer can play a new role as a robust platform for 2D optics

which can pave the way for integration in photonic chips. Multiheterodyne near-field measurements are used to study light propagation through micro- and nano-optical components. We demonstrate that a lens-shaped polymer layer can be considered as a 2D component based on the agreement between near-field measurements and theoretical calculations. Both the focal shift and the resolution of a 2D BSW lens are measured for the first time. The proposed platform enables the design of 2D all-optical integrated systems

which have numerous potential applications

including molecular sensing and photonic circuits.

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Bloch surface wave2D opticsmanipulationmicro- and nano-opticsnanophotonicsplatform

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