High-Q plasmonic bottle microresonators
High-Q plasmonic bottle microresonators
Surface Plasmon Waves (SPWs) supported by thin metal films have been used to implement high performance surface sensitive devices, such as refractometric and biochemical sensors. Recently all-glass bottle microresonators (BMRs), supporting whispering-gallery modes (WGM), have been studied in-depth with the intention to be used in advanced photonic applications, such as CQED, nonlinear devices and miniaturized sensors. In this work, we combine the two structures and demonstrate the first hybrid plasmonic BMR (PBMR). A gold layer has been deposited on the top surface of a glass BMR, fabricated by the “soften-and-compress” technique. We developed a polarization-resolving measurement set-up to fully characterize fabricated PBMRs. The uncoated BMR had 181µm waist diameter, 125µm stem diameter and 400µm length. Due to the surface curvature the gold film covered only the top BMR half with a characteristic meniscus shape with maximum thickness of 30nm. The meniscus provides appropriately tapered edges, which facilitate the adiabatic transformation of BMR WGMs into SPW and vice-versa. This results in low transition losses, which combined with partially-metal-coated resonator, can result in high hybrid-PBMR Qs.
The transmission spectra of the hybrid PBMR are dramatically different to the original uncoated BMR. Under TE(TM) excitation, the PBMR showed composite resonances with Q of ~2100(850) and almost identical ~3nm FSR. We have accurately fitted the observed transmission resonances with Lorentzian-shape curves and showed that the TE/TM composite resonances comprise two/three partially overlapping resonances with Qs in excess of 2900 and 2500, respectively. These are the highest Qs observed in plasmonic microcavities.
Mohd Nasir, M.N.
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Ding, M.
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Murugan, G.S.
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Zervas, M.N.
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Mohd Nasir, M.N.
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Ding, M.
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Murugan, G.S.
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Zervas, M.N.
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Mohd Nasir, M.N., Ding, M., Murugan, G.S. and Zervas, M.N.
(2014)
High-Q plasmonic bottle microresonators.
Photonics West 2014, , San Francisco, United States.
01 - 06 Feb 2014.
(doi:10.1117/12.2039535).
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Abstract
Surface Plasmon Waves (SPWs) supported by thin metal films have been used to implement high performance surface sensitive devices, such as refractometric and biochemical sensors. Recently all-glass bottle microresonators (BMRs), supporting whispering-gallery modes (WGM), have been studied in-depth with the intention to be used in advanced photonic applications, such as CQED, nonlinear devices and miniaturized sensors. In this work, we combine the two structures and demonstrate the first hybrid plasmonic BMR (PBMR). A gold layer has been deposited on the top surface of a glass BMR, fabricated by the “soften-and-compress” technique. We developed a polarization-resolving measurement set-up to fully characterize fabricated PBMRs. The uncoated BMR had 181µm waist diameter, 125µm stem diameter and 400µm length. Due to the surface curvature the gold film covered only the top BMR half with a characteristic meniscus shape with maximum thickness of 30nm. The meniscus provides appropriately tapered edges, which facilitate the adiabatic transformation of BMR WGMs into SPW and vice-versa. This results in low transition losses, which combined with partially-metal-coated resonator, can result in high hybrid-PBMR Qs.
The transmission spectra of the hybrid PBMR are dramatically different to the original uncoated BMR. Under TE(TM) excitation, the PBMR showed composite resonances with Q of ~2100(850) and almost identical ~3nm FSR. We have accurately fitted the observed transmission resonances with Lorentzian-shape curves and showed that the TE/TM composite resonances comprise two/three partially overlapping resonances with Qs in excess of 2900 and 2500, respectively. These are the highest Qs observed in plasmonic microcavities.
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Photonics West 2014, , San Francisco, United States, 2014-02-01 - 2014-02-06
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