Dyakonov surface wave resonant transmission

doi:10.1364/OE.19.006339

Dyakonov surface wave resonant transmission

Osamu Takayama, Alexey Yu Nikitin, Luis Martin-Moreno, Lluis Torner, and David Artigas »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 7, pp. 6339-6347 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.006339

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The role of Dyakonov surface waves in the transmission through structures composed of birefringent media is theoretically explored. In the case of structures using prisms, unexpected high transmission above the critical angle due to resonant excitation of Dyakonov surface waves is predicted. This transmission is produced only when TE polarized incident wave reaches the interface supporting the surface waves within a narrow interval of angles, for both the angle of incidence and the angle with respect to the optic axis of the birefringent media. As a result, over 90% transmission for a single and isolated peak confined in the two transversal directions, with hybrid TE and TM polarization, can be obtained.

OCIS Codes
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(240.6690) Optics at surfaces : Surface waves
(240.5440) Optics at surfaces : Polarization-selective devices

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: February 7, 2011
Revised Manuscript: March 9, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: March 9, 2011
Published: March 18, 2011

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Osamu Takayama, Alexey Yu Nikitin, Luis Martin-Moreno, Lluis Torner, and David Artigas, "Dyakonov surface wave resonant transmission," Opt. Express 19, 6339-6347 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-7-6339

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J. A. Polo and A. Lakhtakia, “Surface electromagnetic waves: a review,” Laser Photonics Rev. 5(2), 234–246 (2011). [CrossRef]
M. I. D’yakonov, “New type of electromagnetic wave propagating at an interface,” Sov. Phys. JETP 67, 714–716 (1988).
D. B. Walker, E. N. Glytsis, and T. K. Gaylord, “Surface mode at isotropic-uniaxial and isotropic-biaxial interfaces,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15(1), 248–260 (1998). [CrossRef]
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A. Yu. Nikitin, D. Artigas, L. Torner, F. J. García-Vidal, and L. Martín-Moreno, “Polarization conversion spectroscopy of hybrid modes,” Opt. Lett. 34(24), 3911–3913 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. Takayama, L. Crasovan, D. Artigas, and L. Torner, “Observation of Dyakonov surface waves,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102(4), 043903 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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S. G. Rodrigo, A. Yu. Nikitin, F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martin-Moreno, O. Takayama, L. Torner and D. Artigas, “Extraordinary optical transmission through a slit array in a biaxial dielectric film” (to be published).
F. Yang and J. R. Sambles, “Critical angles for reflectivity at an isotropic-anisotropic boundary,” J. Mod. Opt. 40(6), 1131–1142 (1993). [CrossRef]
Y. J. Jen, C. Y. Peng, and H. H. Chang, “Optical constant determination of an anisotropic thin film via polarization conversion,” Opt. Express 15(8), 4445–4451 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Artigas and L. Torner, “Dyakonov surface waves in photonic metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(1), 013901 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. C. Crasovan, D. Artigas, D. Mihalache, and L. Torner, “Optical Dyakonov surface waves at magnetic interfaces,” Opt. Lett. 30(22), 3075–3077 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. Torner, J. P. Torres, C. Ojeda, and D. Mihalache, “Hybrid waves guided by ultrathin films,” J. Lightwave Technol. 13(10), 2027–2033 (1995). [CrossRef]
L. Tomer, J. P. Torres, F. Lederer, D. Mihalache, D. M. Baboiu, and M. Ciumac, “Nonlinear hybrid waves guided by birefringent interfaces,” Electron. Lett. 29(13), 1186–1188 (1993). [CrossRef]
S. R. Nelatury, J. A. Polo, and A. Lakhtakia, “Electrical control of surface-wave propagation at the planar interface of a linear electro-optic material and an isotropic material,” Electromagnetics 28(3), 162–174 (2008). [CrossRef]
M. Guillaumée, A. Yu. Nikitin, M. J. K. Klein, L. A. Dunbar, V. Spassov, R. Eckert, L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, and R. P. Stanley, “Observation of enhanced transmission for s-polarized light through a subwavelength slit,” Opt. Express 18(9), 9722–9727 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] P. Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media (John Wiley & Sons, 1988).

[2] T. W. Ebbesen, H. J. Lezec, H. F. Ghaemi, T. Thio, and P. A. Wolff, “Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays,” Nature 391(6668), 667–669 (1998). [CrossRef]

[3] H. J. Lezec, A. Degiron, E. Devaux, R. A. Linke, L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, and T. W. Ebbesen, “Beaming light from a subwavelength aperture,” Science 297(5582), 820–822 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martin-Moreno, T. W. Ebbesen, and L. Kuipers, “Light passing through subwavelength apertures,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 82(1), 729–787 (2010). [CrossRef]

[5] J. A. Polo and A. Lakhtakia, “Surface electromagnetic waves: a review,” Laser Photonics Rev. 5(2), 234–246 (2011). [CrossRef]

[6] M. I. D’yakonov, “New type of electromagnetic wave propagating at an interface,” Sov. Phys. JETP 67, 714–716 (1988).

[7] D. B. Walker, E. N. Glytsis, and T. K. Gaylord, “Surface mode at isotropic-uniaxial and isotropic-biaxial interfaces,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15(1), 248–260 (1998). [CrossRef]

[8] N. S. Averkiev and M. I. D’yakonov, “Electromagnetic waves localized at the interface of transparent anisotropic media,” Opt. Spectrosc. 68, 653–655 (1990).

[9] S. R. Nelatury, J. A. Polo, and A. Lakhtakia, “Surface waves with simple exponential transverse decay at a biaxial bicrystalline interface,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24(3), 856–865 (2007). [CrossRef]

[10] O. Takayama, L. Crasovan, S. K. Johansen, D. Mihalache, D. Artigas, and L. Torner, “Dyakonov surface waves: a review,” Electromagnetics 28(3), 126–145 (2008). [CrossRef]

[11] A. Yu. Nikitin, D. Artigas, L. Torner, F. J. García-Vidal, and L. Martín-Moreno, “Polarization conversion spectroscopy of hybrid modes,” Opt. Lett. 34(24), 3911–3913 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] O. Takayama, L. Crasovan, D. Artigas, and L. Torner, “Observation of Dyakonov surface waves,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102(4), 043903 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] A. Lakhtakia, V. K. Varadan, and V. V. Varadan, “Reflection and transmission of plane-waves at the planar interface of a general uniaxial medium and free space,” J. Mod. Opt. 38(4), 649–657 (1991). [CrossRef]

[14] G. D. Landry and T. A. Maldonado, “Complete method to determine transmission and reflection characteristics at a planar interface between arbitrarily oriented biaxial media,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12(9), 2048–2063 (1995). [CrossRef]

[15] I. J. Hodgkinson, S. Kassam, and Q. H. Wu, “Eigenequations and compact algorithms for bulk and layered anisotropic optical media: reflection and refraction at a crystal-crystal interface,” J. Comput. Phys. 133(1), 75–83 (1997). [CrossRef]

[16] S. G. Rodrigo, A. Yu. Nikitin, F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martin-Moreno, O. Takayama, L. Torner and D. Artigas, “Extraordinary optical transmission through a slit array in a biaxial dielectric film” (to be published).

[17] F. Yang and J. R. Sambles, “Critical angles for reflectivity at an isotropic-anisotropic boundary,” J. Mod. Opt. 40(6), 1131–1142 (1993). [CrossRef]

[18] Y. J. Jen, C. Y. Peng, and H. H. Chang, “Optical constant determination of an anisotropic thin film via polarization conversion,” Opt. Express 15(8), 4445–4451 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[19] D. Artigas and L. Torner, “Dyakonov surface waves in photonic metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(1), 013901 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[20] L. C. Crasovan, D. Artigas, D. Mihalache, and L. Torner, “Optical Dyakonov surface waves at magnetic interfaces,” Opt. Lett. 30(22), 3075–3077 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] L. Torner, J. P. Torres, C. Ojeda, and D. Mihalache, “Hybrid waves guided by ultrathin films,” J. Lightwave Technol. 13(10), 2027–2033 (1995). [CrossRef]

[22] L. Tomer, J. P. Torres, F. Lederer, D. Mihalache, D. M. Baboiu, and M. Ciumac, “Nonlinear hybrid waves guided by birefringent interfaces,” Electron. Lett. 29(13), 1186–1188 (1993). [CrossRef]

[23] S. R. Nelatury, J. A. Polo, and A. Lakhtakia, “Electrical control of surface-wave propagation at the planar interface of a linear electro-optic material and an isotropic material,” Electromagnetics 28(3), 162–174 (2008). [CrossRef]

[24] M. Guillaumée, A. Yu. Nikitin, M. J. K. Klein, L. A. Dunbar, V. Spassov, R. Eckert, L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, and R. P. Stanley, “Observation of enhanced transmission for s-polarized light through a subwavelength slit,” Opt. Express 18(9), 9722–9727 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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