journal article·2017-06-27Open access

Diffraction-Free Bloch Surface Waves

Ruxue Wang, Yong Wang, Douguo Zhang, Guangyuan Si, Liangfu Zhu, Luping Du, Shanshan Kou, Ramachandram Badugu, Mary Rosenfeld, Jiao Lin, Pei Wang, Hai Ming, Xiaocong Yuan, Joseph R. Lakowicz

ACS Nano· Volume 11· Issue 6

Abstract

Here, we demonstrate a diffraction-free Bloch surface wave sustained on all-dielectric multilayers that does not diffract after being passed through three obstacles or across a single mode fiber. It can propagate in a straight line for distances longer than 110 μm at a wavelength of 633 nm and could be applied as an in-plane optical virtual probe both in air and in an aqueous environment. Its ability to be used in water, its long diffraction-free distance, and its tolerance to multiple obstacles make this wave ideal for certain applications in areas such as the biological sciences, where many measurements are made on glass surfaces or for which an aqueous environment is required, and for high-speed interconnections between chips, where low loss is necessary.
Source: openalex_inverted_index · Quality: baseline

Research context

OpenAlex topics: Photonic and Optical Devices · Photonic Crystals and Applications · Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.

Affiliations

Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia

Nanophotonics Research Centre, Shenzhen University & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences (LIMS), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia

Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States

Funding

NIH Office of the Director · Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Institute of General Medical Sciences · Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province

References (45)

Show source-provided references
1. Meade R. D. · Phys. Rev. B · 1999 · 44 · 44
2. 10.1364/JOSA.67.00042310.1364/JOSA.67.000423 ↗
3. 10.1016/j.snb.2012.07.01510.1016/j.snb.2012.07.015 ↗
4. 10.1016/j.ab.2013.07.02110.1016/j.ab.2013.07.021 ↗
5. 10.1016/j.bios.2012.12.00110.1016/j.bios.2012.12.001 ↗
6. 10.1021/jp400223f10.1021/jp400223f ↗
7. 10.1021/nl100481q10.1021/nl100481q ↗
8. 10.1364/OL.39.00639110.1364/OL.39.006391 ↗
9. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b0808610.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08086 ↗
10. 10.1038/nature0459410.1038/nature04594 ↗
11. 10.1364/OL.29.00106910.1364/OL.29.001069 ↗
12. 10.1364/OL.35.00208210.1364/OL.35.002082 ↗
13. 10.1364/OL.36.00319110.1364/OL.36.003191 ↗
14. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.12680410.1103/PhysRevLett.107.126804 ↗
15. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.09390410.1103/PhysRevLett.109.093904 ↗
16. 10.1364/OL.36.00116410.1364/OL.36.001164 ↗
17. 10.1038/lsa.2014.510.1038/lsa.2014.5 ↗
18. 10.1038/nmat383910.1038/nmat3839 ↗
19. 10.1126/science.123200910.1126/science.1232009 ↗
20. 10.1016/j.aca.2010.11.05610.1016/j.aca.2010.11.056 ↗
21. 10.1016/S0167-7799(01)01910-210.1016/S0167-7799(01)01910-2 ↗
22. 10.1128/CVI.00053-1610.1128/CVI.00053-16 ↗
23. 10.1021/ac101571b10.1021/ac101571b ↗
24. 10.1016/j.ab.2012.12.00810.1016/j.ab.2012.12.008 ↗
25. 10.1021/acsnano.5b0039610.1021/acsnano.5b00396 ↗
26. 10.1063/1.486542110.1063/1.4865421 ↗
27. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.149910.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1499 ↗
28. 10.1364/JOSA.44.00059210.1364/JOSA.44.000592 ↗
29. 10.1364/JOSAA.6.00015010.1364/JOSAA.6.000150 ↗
30. 10.1364/OL.38.00337410.1364/OL.38.003374 ↗
31. Kim, M.S.; Dubey, R.; Barakat, E.; Herzig, H. P.Nano-Thin 2D Axicon Generating Nondiffracting Surface Waves.2016 International Conference on Optical Mems and Nanophotonics (OMN); Singapore, 2016; M02.10-1/3.
32. 10.1016/j.mseb.2007.10.01010.1016/j.mseb.2007.10.010 ↗
33. Taflove A. · 2005
34. 10.1364/OL.39.00294710.1364/OL.39.002947 ↗
35. 10.1364/OL.40.00574610.1364/OL.40.005746 ↗
36. Maier, S. A.Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications;Springer:New York, 2007; pp21–34.10.1007/0-387-37825-1_2 ↗
37. 10.1021/ph400165j10.1021/ph400165j ↗
38. 10.1021/nn305826j10.1021/nn305826j ↗
39. 10.1021/ph500041m10.1021/ph500041m ↗
40. 10.1021/ac801940w10.1021/ac801940w ↗
41. 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.21104.x10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.21104.x ↗
42. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.04680710.1103/PhysRevLett.110.046807 ↗
43. 10.1021/nl202485510.1021/nl2024855 ↗
44. 10.1038/nphoton.2013.24710.1038/nphoton.2013.247 ↗
45. 10.1038/ncomms1074710.1038/ncomms10747 ↗