Voltage-controlled extraordinary optical transmission in the visible regime


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Asif H., BEK A., TAŞGIN M. E., ŞAHİN R.

Physical Review B, vol.109, no.12, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 109 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevb.109.125425
  • Journal Name: Physical Review B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Control of components in integrated photonic circuits is crucial in achieving programmable devices. Operation bandwidth of a plasmonic device cannot be generally tuned once it is manufactured, especially in the visible regime. Here, we demonstrate the electrical control of such a device for extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) in the visible regime. (i) Operation frequency of the EOT device can be tuned via a bias voltage applied through nanowires. (ii) Or, at a given frequency, the EOT signal (normalized to the incident field) can be tuned continuously, e.g., between 10-4 and 0.4. This corresponds to a three-orders-of-magnitude modulation depth. We utilize Fano resonances induced by a quantum emitter (QE) that is embedded into the nanoholes. The external bias-voltage tunes QE's resonance. We also discuss the lifetime extensions of surface plasmon polaritons as a response to an ultrashort optical pulse. Our proposed method provides the active electronic control of EOT signal, which makes it a feasible and compact element in integrated photonic circuits, for biosensing, high-resolution imaging, and molecular spectroscopy applications.