Dielectric Mie voids: confining light in air

Mario Hentschel; Kirill Koshelev; Florian Sterl; Steffen Both; Julian Karst; Lida Shamsafar; Thomas Weiss; Yuri Kivshar; Harald Giessen

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-01015-z

Light: Science & Applications (Jan 2023)

Dielectric Mie voids: confining light in air

Mario Hentschel,
Kirill Koshelev,
Florian Sterl,
Steffen Both,
Julian Karst,
Lida Shamsafar,
Thomas Weiss,
Yuri Kivshar,
Harald Giessen

Affiliations

Mario Hentschel: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Kirill Koshelev: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics, Australian National University
Florian Sterl: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Steffen Both: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Julian Karst: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Lida Shamsafar: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Thomas Weiss: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart
Yuri Kivshar: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics, Australian National University
Harald Giessen: 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-01015-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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We demonstrate that voids in high-index dielectrics support localized resonant modes which are confined in air and thus do not suffer from the loss and dispersion of the host medium

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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