Progress in developing advanced photonic devices relies on introducing new materials, discovered physical principles, and optimal designs when constructing their components. Optical systems operating on the principles of excitation of extremely high-quality factor trapped modes (also known as the bound states in the continuum, BICs) are of great interest since they allow the implementation of laser and sensor devices with outstanding characteristics. In this paper, we discuss how one can utilize the anisotropic properties of novel materials (transition metal dichalcogenides, TMDs), particularly, the bulk molybdenum disulfide (MoS), to realize the excitation of trapped modes in dielectric metasurfaces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOptical beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) have received much attention due to the prospects of their use in terahertz communications, biomedical engineering, and imaging. Here we propose an antenna design for the generation of multiple beams carrying OAM with different topological states at the same frequency. The proposed OAM generator is based on a compact set of microstrip ring-shaped resonators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPractical formulas are derived for calculating the far-field radiation pattern and coupling coefficient of a rectangular dielectric resonator (cuboid) with free space as well as mutual coupling coefficients between two cuboids for their different orientations relative to each other. An approach is developed using the coupled mode theory and the perturbation theory for the Maxwell equations. The correctness of obtained formulas is checked against the full-wave numerical simulations performed by the COMSOL Multiphysics electromagnetic solver.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe analytical model is proposed for simulation of the near-field and far-field characteristics of an all-dielectric free-form antenna system. The antenna system is constructed of an array of high-refractive-index dielectric resonators. The model relies on the coupled mode theory and the perturbation theory for the Maxwell's equations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis
October 2018
Electromagnetic response is studied for clusters of subwavelength graphene-coated nanowires illuminated by a linearly polarized plane wave in the terahertz frequency range. The solution of the scattering problem is obtained with the Lorenz-Mie theory and multiple cylinder scattering formalism. The results show that normalized scattering cross-sections of nanowire clusters can be drastically changed by the symmetry breaking introduced into the cluster's design.
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