Photonics (Jan 2024)

Investigation of Multiple High Quality-Factor Fano Resonances in Asymmetric Nanopillar Arrays for Optical Sensing

  • Huawei Chen,
  • Xinye Fan,
  • Wenjing Fang,
  • Shuangshuang Cao,
  • Qinghe Sun,
  • Dandan Wang,
  • Huijuan Niu,
  • Chuanchuan Li,
  • Xin Wei,
  • Chenglin Bai,
  • Santosh Kumar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11010068
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
p. 68

Abstract

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A novel asymmetric all-dielectric metasurface supporting multiple Fano resonances with high quality-factor through the excitation of quasi-bound states in the continuum is theoretically investigated. It is demonstrated that two resonances in the near-infrared wavelength are excited by the symmetry-protected bound state in the continuum, which can be transformed into the electric dipole and the toroidal dipole quasi-BIC resonance with high quality-factor by breaking the symmetry of metasurface. Moreover, the sensing properties based on different liquid refractive indexes are researched theoretically. The results show that the maximum quality-factor of the Fano resonance peak is 8422, and the sensitivity can reach 402 nm/RIU, with a maximum figure of merit of 2400 RIU−1. This research is believed to further promote the development of optical sensing and nonlinear optics.

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