Confocal polarization tomography of dielectric nanocavities

We employ polarization tomography to characterize the modal properties of a dielectric nanocavity with sub-wavelength mode confinement. Our analysis of reflection spectra shows that the Fano-lineshape depends strongly on the polarization in a confocal configuration, and that the lineshape can be tra...

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Main Authors: Schröder Frederik, van Exter Martin P., Xiong Meng, Kountouris George, Wubs Martijn, Kristensen Philip T., Stenger Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-04-01
Series:Nanophotonics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0744
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Summary:We employ polarization tomography to characterize the modal properties of a dielectric nanocavity with sub-wavelength mode confinement. Our analysis of reflection spectra shows that the Fano-lineshape depends strongly on the polarization in a confocal configuration, and that the lineshape can be transformed into a Lorentzian-like peak for a certain polarization. For this polarization setting, the background is almost fully suppressed in a finite range of frequencies. This enables us to identify another resonance that has not yet been experimentally reported for these nanocavities. Lastly, we use symmetry-forbidden polarizations and show that, surprisingly, the modal resonance features of the system remain visible.
ISSN:2192-8614