Controllable coherent perfect absorption in a composite film

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Controllable coherent perfect absorption in a composite film

Shourya Dutta-Gupta, O. J. F. Martin, S. Dutta Gupta, and G. S. Agarwal »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 1330-1336 (2012)
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We exploit the versatility provided by metal–dielectric composites to demonstrate controllable coherent perfect absorption (CPA) or anti-lasing in a slab of heterogeneous medium. The slab is illuminated by coherent light from both sides, at the same angle of incidence and the conditions required for CPA are investigated as a function of the different system parameters. Our calculations clearly elucidate the role of absorption as a necessary prerequisite for CPA. We further demonstrate the controllability of the CPA frequency to the extent of having the same at two distinct frequencies even in presence of dispersion, rendering the realization of anti-lasers more flexible.

OCIS Codes
(140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators
(240.0310) Optics at surfaces : Thin films
(260.3160) Physical optics : Interference
(160.1245) Materials : Artificially engineered materials
(260.2065) Physical optics : Effective medium theory
(140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities
(140.3948) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavity devices

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History
Original Manuscript: November 21, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 16, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 20, 2011
Published: January 6, 2012

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Shourya Dutta-Gupta, O. J. F. Martin, S. Dutta Gupta, and G. S. Agarwal, "Controllable coherent perfect absorption in a composite film," Opt. Express 20, 1330-1336 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-2-1330

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M. Cai, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, “Observation of critical coupling in a fiber taper to a silica-microsphere whispering-gallery mode system,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 74–77 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. J. Vahala, Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, Singapore, 2004). [CrossRef]
J. R. Tischler, M. S. Bradley, and V. Bulovic, “Critically coupled resonators in vertical geometry using a planar mirror and a 5 nm thick absorbing film,” Opt. Lett. 31, 2045–2047 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Dutta Gupta, “Strong interaction mediated critical coupling at two distinct frequencies,” Opt. Lett. 32, 1483–1485 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Deb, S. Dutta Gupta, J. Banerji, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling at oblique incidence,” J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt. 9, 555–559 (2007). [CrossRef]
A. Yariv, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Scherer, “Coupled-resonator optical waveguide:a proposal and analysis,” Opt. Lett. 24, 711–713 (1999). [CrossRef]
C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley, New York, 1998), p.369.
V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ? and ?,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968). [CrossRef]
J. B. Pendry, “Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966–3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. Cai and V. Shalaev, Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, New York, 2010).
S. Deb and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling in a Fabry-Perot cavity with metamaterial mirrors,” Opt. Commun. 283, 4764–4769 (2010). [CrossRef]
M. K. Hedayati, M. Javaherirahim, B. Mozooni, R. Abdelaziz, A. Tavassolizadeh, V. S. K. Chakravadhanula, V. Zaporojtchenko, T. Strunkus, F. Faupel, and M. Elbahri, “Design of a perfect black absorber at visible frequencies using plasmonic metamaterials,” Adv. Mater. 23, 5410–5414 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Dutta Gupta, “Nonlinear optics of stratified media,” in Progress in Optics, E. Wolf, ed. (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1998), Vol. 38, pp. 1–84. [CrossRef]
G. S. Agarwal and S. Dutta Gupta, “T-Matrix approach to the nonlinear susceptibilities of heterogeneous media,” Phys. Rev. A 38, 5678–5687 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. L. Fischer, R. W. Boyd, R. J. Gehr, S. A. Jenekhe, J. A. Osaheni, J. E. Sipe, and L. A. Weller-Brophy, “Enhanced nonlinear optical response of composite materials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1871–1874 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. J. F. Martin, C. Girard, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Generalized field propagator for arbitrary finite-size photonic band gap structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 315–318 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Kulkarni, N. Seshadri, V. S. C. Manga Rao, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Control of superluminal transit through a heterogeneous medium,” J. Mod. Opt. 51, 549–557 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. Dutta-Gupta, S. Deb, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Signature of strong atom-cavity interaction on critical coupling,” J. Opt. 12, 075103 (2010). [CrossRef]
Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Cao, and A. D. Stone, “Coherent perfect absorbers: time-reversed lasers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 053901 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. Wan, Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Noh, A. D. Stone, and H. Cao, “Time-reversed lasing and interferometric control of absorption,” Science 331, 889–892 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Longhi, “PT-symmetric laser absorber,” Phys. Rev. A 82, 031801(R) (2010). [CrossRef]
S. Longhi, “Coherent perfect absorption in a homogeneously broadened two-level medium,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 055804 (2011). [CrossRef]
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1999).
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P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

Abdelaziz, R.
Agarwal, G. S.
Banerji, J.
Bohren, C. F.
Born, M.
Boyd, R. W.
Bradley, M. S.
Bulovic, V.
Cai, M.
Cai, W.
Cao, H.
Chakravadhanula, V. S. K.
Chong, Y. D.
Christy, R. W.
Deb, S.
Dutta Gupta, S.
Dutta-Gupta, S.
Elbahri, M.
Faupel, F.
Fischer, G. L.
Ge, L.
Gehr, R. J.
Girard, C.
Hedayati, M. K.
Huffman, D. R.
Javaherirahim, M.
Jenekhe, S. A.
Johnson, P. B.
Kulkarni, M.
Lee, R. K.
Longhi, S.
Manga Rao, V. S. C.
Martin, O. J. F.
Mozooni, B.
Noh, H.
Osaheni, J. A.
Painter, O.
Pendry, J. B.
Ramakrishna, S. A.
Scherer, A.
Schultz, S.
Seshadri, N.
Shalaev, V.
Sipe, J. E.
Smith, D. R.
Stone, A. D.
Strunkus, T.
Tavassolizadeh, A.
Tischler, J. R.
Vahala, K. J.
Veselago, V. G.
Wan, W.
Weller-Brophy, L. A.
Wolf, E.
Xu, Y.
Yariv, A.
Zaporojtchenko, V.

Adv. Mater.

M. K. Hedayati, M. Javaherirahim, B. Mozooni, R. Abdelaziz, A. Tavassolizadeh, V. S. K. Chakravadhanula, V. Zaporojtchenko, T. Strunkus, F. Faupel, and M. Elbahri, “Design of a perfect black absorber at visible frequencies using plasmonic metamaterials,” Adv. Mater. 23, 5410–5414 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Mod. Opt.

M. Kulkarni, N. Seshadri, V. S. C. Manga Rao, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Control of superluminal transit through a heterogeneous medium,” J. Mod. Opt. 51, 549–557 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Opt.

S. Dutta-Gupta, S. Deb, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Signature of strong atom-cavity interaction on critical coupling,” J. Opt. 12, 075103 (2010). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt.

S. Deb, S. Dutta Gupta, J. Banerji, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling at oblique incidence,” J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt. 9, 555–559 (2007). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun

S. Deb and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling in a Fabry-Perot cavity with metamaterial mirrors,” Opt. Commun. 283, 4764–4769 (2010). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett

S. A. Ramakrishna and O. J. F. Martin, “Resolving the wave vector in negative refractive media,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2626–2628 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

Phys. Rev. A

G. S. Agarwal and S. Dutta Gupta, “T-Matrix approach to the nonlinear susceptibilities of heterogeneous media,” Phys. Rev. A 38, 5678–5687 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Longhi, “PT-symmetric laser absorber,” Phys. Rev. A 82, 031801(R) (2010). [CrossRef]
S. Longhi, “Coherent perfect absorption in a homogeneously broadened two-level medium,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 055804 (2011). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

G. L. Fischer, R. W. Boyd, R. J. Gehr, S. A. Jenekhe, J. A. Osaheni, J. E. Sipe, and L. A. Weller-Brophy, “Enhanced nonlinear optical response of composite materials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1871–1874 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. J. F. Martin, C. Girard, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Generalized field propagator for arbitrary finite-size photonic band gap structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 315–318 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Cai, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, “Observation of critical coupling in a fiber taper to a silica-microsphere whispering-gallery mode system,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 74–77 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. B. Pendry, “Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966–3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Cao, and A. D. Stone, “Coherent perfect absorbers: time-reversed lasers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 053901 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Science

W. Wan, Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Noh, A. D. Stone, and H. Cao, “Time-reversed lasing and interferometric control of absorption,” Science 331, 889–892 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp.

V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ? and ?,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968). [CrossRef]

Other

S. Dutta Gupta, “Nonlinear optics of stratified media,” in Progress in Optics, E. Wolf, ed. (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1998), Vol. 38, pp. 1–84. [CrossRef]
W. Cai and V. Shalaev, Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, New York, 2010).
C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley, New York, 1998), p.369.
K. J. Vahala, Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, Singapore, 2004). [CrossRef]
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1999).

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[1] M. Cai, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, “Observation of critical coupling in a fiber taper to a silica-microsphere whispering-gallery mode system,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 74–77 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] K. J. Vahala, Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, Singapore, 2004). [CrossRef]

[3] J. R. Tischler, M. S. Bradley, and V. Bulovic, “Critically coupled resonators in vertical geometry using a planar mirror and a 5 nm thick absorbing film,” Opt. Lett. 31, 2045–2047 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] S. Dutta Gupta, “Strong interaction mediated critical coupling at two distinct frequencies,” Opt. Lett. 32, 1483–1485 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] S. Deb, S. Dutta Gupta, J. Banerji, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling at oblique incidence,” J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt. 9, 555–559 (2007). [CrossRef]

[6] A. Yariv, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Scherer, “Coupled-resonator optical waveguide:a proposal and analysis,” Opt. Lett. 24, 711–713 (1999). [CrossRef]

[7] C. F. Bohren and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley, New York, 1998), p.369.

[8] V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ? and ?,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968). [CrossRef]

[9] J. B. Pendry, “Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966–3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] W. Cai and V. Shalaev, Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, New York, 2010).

[11] S. Deb and S. Dutta Gupta, “Critical coupling in a Fabry-Perot cavity with metamaterial mirrors,” Opt. Commun. 283, 4764–4769 (2010). [CrossRef]

[12] M. K. Hedayati, M. Javaherirahim, B. Mozooni, R. Abdelaziz, A. Tavassolizadeh, V. S. K. Chakravadhanula, V. Zaporojtchenko, T. Strunkus, F. Faupel, and M. Elbahri, “Design of a perfect black absorber at visible frequencies using plasmonic metamaterials,” Adv. Mater. 23, 5410–5414 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] S. Dutta Gupta, “Nonlinear optics of stratified media,” in Progress in Optics, E. Wolf, ed. (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1998), Vol. 38, pp. 1–84. [CrossRef]

[14] G. S. Agarwal and S. Dutta Gupta, “T-Matrix approach to the nonlinear susceptibilities of heterogeneous media,” Phys. Rev. A 38, 5678–5687 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] G. L. Fischer, R. W. Boyd, R. J. Gehr, S. A. Jenekhe, J. A. Osaheni, J. E. Sipe, and L. A. Weller-Brophy, “Enhanced nonlinear optical response of composite materials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1871–1874 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] O. J. F. Martin, C. Girard, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Generalized field propagator for arbitrary finite-size photonic band gap structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 315–318 (1999). [CrossRef]

[17] M. Kulkarni, N. Seshadri, V. S. C. Manga Rao, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Control of superluminal transit through a heterogeneous medium,” J. Mod. Opt. 51, 549–557 (2004). [CrossRef]

[18] S. Dutta-Gupta, S. Deb, and S. Dutta Gupta, “Signature of strong atom-cavity interaction on critical coupling,” J. Opt. 12, 075103 (2010). [CrossRef]

[19] Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Cao, and A. D. Stone, “Coherent perfect absorbers: time-reversed lasers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 053901 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[20] W. Wan, Y. D. Chong, L. Ge, H. Noh, A. D. Stone, and H. Cao, “Time-reversed lasing and interferometric control of absorption,” Science 331, 889–892 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] S. Longhi, “PT-symmetric laser absorber,” Phys. Rev. A 82, 031801(R) (2010). [CrossRef]

[22] S. Longhi, “Coherent perfect absorption in a homogeneously broadened two-level medium,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 055804 (2011). [CrossRef]

[23] M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1999).

[24] S. A. Ramakrishna and O. J. F. Martin, “Resolving the wave vector in negative refractive media,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2626–2628 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[25] P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

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