Optical cavities play crucial roles in enhanced light-matter interaction,light control,and optical communications,but their dimensions are limited by the material property and operating wavelength.Ultrathin planar cav...Optical cavities play crucial roles in enhanced light-matter interaction,light control,and optical communications,but their dimensions are limited by the material property and operating wavelength.Ultrathin planar cavities are urgently in demand for large-area and integrated optical devices.However,extremely reducing the planar cavity dimension is a critical challenge,especially at telecommunication wavelengths.Herein,we demonstrate a type of ultrathin cavities based on large-area grown Bi_(2)Te_(3)topological insulator(TI)nanofilms,which present distinct optical resonance in the near-infrared region.The result shows that the Bi_(2)Te_(3)TI material presents ultrahigh refractive indices of>6 at telecommunication wavelengths.The cavity thickness can approach 1/20 of the resonance wavelength,superior to those of planar cavities based on conventional Si and Ge high refractive index materials.Moreover,we observed an analog of the electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)effect at telecommunication wavelengths by depositing the cavity on a photonic crystal.The EIT-like behavior is derived from the destructive interference coupling between the nanocavity resonance and Tamm plasmons.The spectral response depends on the nanocavity thickness,whose adjustment enables the generation of obvious Fano resonance.The experiments agree well with the simulations.This work will open a new door for ultrathin cavities and applications of TI materials in light control and devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1404800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974283,61705186,and 11774290)+2 种基金the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(Grant No.2020JM-13)the“Double First-Class”Construction Fund Project(Grant No.0206022GH0202)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.D5000220175)
文摘Optical cavities play crucial roles in enhanced light-matter interaction,light control,and optical communications,but their dimensions are limited by the material property and operating wavelength.Ultrathin planar cavities are urgently in demand for large-area and integrated optical devices.However,extremely reducing the planar cavity dimension is a critical challenge,especially at telecommunication wavelengths.Herein,we demonstrate a type of ultrathin cavities based on large-area grown Bi_(2)Te_(3)topological insulator(TI)nanofilms,which present distinct optical resonance in the near-infrared region.The result shows that the Bi_(2)Te_(3)TI material presents ultrahigh refractive indices of>6 at telecommunication wavelengths.The cavity thickness can approach 1/20 of the resonance wavelength,superior to those of planar cavities based on conventional Si and Ge high refractive index materials.Moreover,we observed an analog of the electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)effect at telecommunication wavelengths by depositing the cavity on a photonic crystal.The EIT-like behavior is derived from the destructive interference coupling between the nanocavity resonance and Tamm plasmons.The spectral response depends on the nanocavity thickness,whose adjustment enables the generation of obvious Fano resonance.The experiments agree well with the simulations.This work will open a new door for ultrathin cavities and applications of TI materials in light control and devices.
