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Bloch surface waves confined in one dimension with a single polymeric nanofibre

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  • Ruxue Wang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Hongyan Xia

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Douguo Zhang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Junxue Chen

    (School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology)

  • Liangfu Zhu

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yong Wang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Erchan Yang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Tianyang Zang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiaolei Wen

    (Center for Micro- and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Gang Zou

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Pei Wang

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Hai Ming

    (Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Ramachandram Badugu

    (Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine)

  • Joseph R. Lakowicz

    (Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine)

Abstract

Polymeric fibres with small radii (such as 125 nm) are delicate to handle and should be laid down on a solid substrate to obtain practical devices. However, placing these nanofibres on commonly used glass substrates prevents them from guiding light. In this study, we numerically and experimentally demonstrate that when the nanofibre is placed on a suitable dielectric multilayer, it supports a guided mode, a Bloch surface wave (BSW) confined in one dimension. The physical origin of this new mode is discussed in comparison with the typical two-dimensional BSW mode. Polymeric nanofibres are easily fabricated to contain fluorophores, which make the dielectric nanofibre and multilayer configuration suitable for developing a large range of new nanometric scale devices, such as processor–memory interconnections, devices with sensitivity to target analytes, incident polarization and multi-colour BSW modes.

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  • Ruxue Wang & Hongyan Xia & Douguo Zhang & Junxue Chen & Liangfu Zhu & Yong Wang & Erchan Yang & Tianyang Zang & Xiaolei Wen & Gang Zou & Pei Wang & Hai Ming & Ramachandram Badugu & Joseph R. Lakowicz, 2017. "Bloch surface waves confined in one dimension with a single polymeric nanofibre," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14330
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14330
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    1. Yang-Chun Lee & Ya-Lun Ho & Bo-Wei Lin & Mu-Hsin Chen & Di Xing & Hirofumi Daiguji & Jean-Jacques Delaunay, 2023. "High-Q lasing via all-dielectric Bloch-surface-wave platform," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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