Measurement of bound states in the continuum by a detector embedded in a photonic crystal[J]. LSA, 2016,5(4).
Gansch, R. et al. Measurement of bound states in the continuum by a detector embedded in a photonic crystal. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16147 (2016).
Measurement of bound states in the continuum by a detector embedded in a photonic crystal[J]. LSA, 2016,5(4). DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.147.
Gansch, R. et al. Measurement of bound states in the continuum by a detector embedded in a photonic crystal. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16147 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.147.
Measurement of bound states in the continuum by a detector embedded in a photonic crystal
We directly measure optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) by embedding a photodetector into a photonic crystal slab. The BICs observed in our experiment are the result of accidental phase matching between incident
reflected and in-plane waves at seemingly random wave vectors in the photonic band structure. Our measurements were confirmed through a rigorously coupled-wave analysis simulation in conjunction with temporal coupled mode theory. Polarization mixing between photonic crystal slab modes was observed and described using a plane wave expansion simulation. The ability to probe the field intensity inside the photonic crystal and thereby to directly measure BICs represents a milestone in the development of integrated opto-electronic devices based on BICs.
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Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Institute of Spectroscopy, Fizicheskaya, 5, Troitsk
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., 9, Dolgoprudny
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)