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Metasurface-stabilized optical microcavities

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  • Marcus Ossiander

    (Harvard University)

  • Maryna Leonidivna Meretska

    (Harvard University)

  • Sarah Rourke

    (Harvard University
    University of Waterloo)

  • Christina Spägele

    (Harvard University)

  • Xinghui Yin

    (Harvard University)

  • Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus

    (Harvard University
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Federico Capasso

    (Harvard University)

Abstract

Cavities concentrate light and enhance its interaction with matter. Confining to microscopic volumes is necessary for many applications but space constraints in such cavities limit the design freedom. Here we demonstrate stable optical microcavities by counteracting the phase evolution of the cavity modes using an amorphous Silicon metasurface as cavity end mirror. Careful design allows us to limit the metasurface scattering losses at telecom wavelengths to less than 2% and using a distributed Bragg reflector as metasurface substrate ensures high reflectivity. Our demonstration experimentally achieves telecom-wavelength microcavities with quality factors of up to 4600, spectral resonance linewidths below 0.4 nm, and mode volumes below $$2.7{\lambda }^{3}$$ 2.7 λ 3 . The method introduces freedom to stabilize modes with arbitrary transverse intensity profiles and to design cavity-enhanced hologram modes. Our approach introduces the nanoscopic light control capabilities of dielectric metasurfaces to cavity electrodynamics and is industrially scalable using semiconductor manufacturing processes.

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  • Marcus Ossiander & Maryna Leonidivna Meretska & Sarah Rourke & Christina Spägele & Xinghui Yin & Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus & Federico Capasso, 2023. "Metasurface-stabilized optical microcavities," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36873-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36873-7
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