Bloch surface waves confined in one dimension with a single polymeric nanofibre

Ruxue Wang; Hongyan Xia; Douguo Zhang; Junxue Chen; Liangfu Zhu; Yong Wang; Erchan Yang; Tianyang Zang; Xiaolei Wen; Gang Zou; Pei Wang; Hai Ming; Ramachandram Badugu; Joseph R. Lakowicz

doi:10.1038/ncomms14330

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Bloch surface waves confined in one dimension with a single polymeric nanofibre

Ruxue Wang,
Hongyan Xia,
Douguo Zhang,
Junxue Chen,
Liangfu Zhu,
Yong Wang,
Erchan Yang,
Tianyang Zang,
Xiaolei Wen,
Gang Zou,
Pei Wang,
Hai Ming,
Ramachandram Badugu,
Joseph R. Lakowicz

Affiliations

Ruxue Wang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Hongyan Xia: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Douguo Zhang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Junxue Chen: School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology
Liangfu Zhu: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yong Wang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Erchan Yang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Tianyang Zang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiaolei Wen: Center for Micro- and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Gang Zou: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Pei Wang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Hai Ming: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Ramachandram Badugu: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Joseph R. Lakowicz: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14330
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Typically nanofibres need to be placed on solid substrates for the next generation of devices, but this prevents light guiding. Here Wanget al. numerically and experimentally demonstrate that when a nanofibre is placed on a dielectric multilayer, it supports a Bloch surface wave confined in one dimension.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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