Fano resonances and electromagnetically induced transparency in silicon waveguides loaded with plasmonic nanoresonators

The fundamental electric dipolar resonance of metallic nanostrips placed on top of a dielectric waveguide can be excited via evanescent wave coupling, thus giving rise to broad dips in the transmission spectrum of the waveguide. Here we show via numerical simulations that narrower and steeper Fano-l...

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Autores: Ortuño Molinero, Rubén, Cortijo-Munuera, Mario, Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0001-5448-0140
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/79247
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/79247
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Silicon waveguides
Fano resonances
Nanoantennas
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Sumario:The fundamental electric dipolar resonance of metallic nanostrips placed on top of a dielectric waveguide can be excited via evanescent wave coupling, thus giving rise to broad dips in the transmission spectrum of the waveguide. Here we show via numerical simulations that narrower and steeper Fano-like resonances can be obtained by asymmetrically coupling in the near field a larger nanostrip supporting an electric quadrupole in the frequency regime of interest to the original, shorter nanostrip. Under certain conditions, the spectral response corresponding to the electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon is observed. We suggest that this hybrid plasmonic photonic approach could be especially relevant for sensing or all-optical switching applications in a photonic integrated platform such as silicon photonics.