Self-Isolated Raman Lasing with a Chiral Dielectric Metasurface

Dixon, Jefferson; Lawrence, Mark; Barton III, David R.; Dionne, Jennifer

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.123201

Self-Isolated Raman Lasing with a Chiral Dielectric Metasurface

Journal Article · Tue Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.123201· OSTI ID:1852880

^[1]; Lawrence, Mark ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); OSTI
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

The light sources that power photonic networks are small and scalable, but they also require the incorporation of optical isolators that allow light to pass in one direction only, protecting the light source from damaging backreflections. Unfortunately, the size and complex integration of optical isolators makes small-scale and densely integrated photonic networks infeasible. Here, we overcome this limitation by designing a single device that operates both as a coherent light source and as its own optical isolator. Our design relies on high-quality-factor dielectric metasurfaces that exhibit intrinsic chirality. By carefully manipulating the geometry of the constituent silicon metaatoms, we design three-dimensionally chiral modes that act as optical spin-dependent filters. Using spin-polarized Raman scattering together with our chiral metacavity, we demonstrate Raman lasing in the forward direction, while the lasing action is suppressed by over an order of magnitude for reflected light. Our high-$$\textit{Q}$$ chiral metasurface design presents a new approach toward compactly isolating integrated light sources by directly tailoring the emission properties of the light source itself.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits; Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Kodak Foundation; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019140

OSTI ID:: 1852880

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 126; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (46)

Periodic Dielectric Metasurfaces with High-Efficiency, Multiwavelength Functionalities Sell, David; Yang, Jianji; Doshay, Sage Advanced Optical Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201700645	journal	October 2017
Nonlinear Fano-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces Yang, Yuanmu; Wang, Wenyi; Boulesbaa, Abdelaziz Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 11, p. 7388-7393 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02802	journal	October 2015
Ultrafast Graphene Light Emitters Kim, Young Duck; Gao, Yuanda; Shiue, Ren-Jye Nano Letters, Vol. 18, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04324	journal	January 2018
Nonreciprocal Flat Optics with Silicon Metasurfaces Lawrence, Mark; Barton, David R.; Dionne, Jennifer A. Nano Letters, Vol. 18, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04646	journal	January 2018
Spin-Selective Transmission in Chiral Folded Metasurfaces Yang, Shengyan; Liu, Zhe; Hu, Sha Nano Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04521	journal	January 2019
Enantiospecific Optical Enhancement of Chiral Sensing and Separation with Dielectric Metasurfaces Solomon, Michelle L.; Hu, Jack; Lawrence, Mark ACS Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01365	journal	December 2018
Tailoring Directional Scattering through Magnetic and Electric Resonances in Subwavelength Silicon Nanodisks Staude, Isabelle; Miroshnichenko, Andrey E.; Decker, Manuel ACS Nano, Vol. 7, Issue 9, p. 7824-7832 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn402736f	journal	August 2013
On-chip light sources for silicon photonics Zhou, Zhiping; Yin, Bing; Michel, Jurgen Light: Science & Applications, Vol. 4, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2015.131	journal	November 2015
Giant intrinsic chiro-optical activity in planar dielectric nanostructures Zhu, Alexander Y.; Chen, Wei Ting; Zaidi, Aun Light: Science & Applications, Vol. 7, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2017.158	journal	November 2017
A continuous-wave Raman silicon laser Rong, Haisheng; Jones, Richard; Liu, Ansheng Nature, Vol. 433, Issue 7027 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03346	journal	February 2005
A micrometre-scale Raman silicon laser with a microwatt threshold Takahashi, Yasushi; Inui, Yoshitaka; Chihara, Masahiro Nature, Vol. 498, Issue 7455 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12237	journal	June 2013
Lasing action from photonic bound states in continuum Kodigala, Ashok; Lepetit, Thomas; Gu, Qing Nature, Vol. 541, Issue 7636 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20799	journal	January 2017
Chirality detection of enantiomers using twisted optical metamaterials Zhao, Yang; Askarpour, Amir N.; Sun, Liuyang Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14180	journal	January 2017
Twisted optical metamaterials for planarized ultrathin broadband circular polarizers Zhao, Y.; Belkin, M. A.; Alù, A. Nature Communications, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1877	journal	January 2012
Nonreciprocal plasmonics enables giant enhancement of thin-film Faraday rotation Chin, Jessie Yao; Steinle, Tobias; Wehlus, Thomas Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2609	journal	March 2013
Spectrally selective chiral silicon metasurfaces based on infrared Fano resonances Wu, Chihhui; Arju, Nihal; Kelp, Glen Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Article No. 3892 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4892	journal	May 2014
Experimental realization of photonic topological insulator in a uniaxial metacrystal waveguide Chen, Wen-Jie; Jiang, Shao-Ji; Chen, Xiao-Dong Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6782	journal	December 2014
All-passive nonreciprocal metastructure Mahmoud, Ahmed M.; Davoyan, Arthur R.; Engheta, Nader Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9359	journal	September 2015
Photonic topological insulators Khanikaev, Alexander B.; Hossein Mousavi, S.; Tse, Wang-Kong Nature Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3520	journal	December 2012
Complete optical isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions Yu, Zongfu; Fan, Shanhui Nature Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.273	journal	January 2009
On-chip optical isolation in monolithically integrated non-reciprocal optical resonators Bi, Lei; Hu, Juejun; Jiang, Peng Nature Photonics, Vol. 5, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.270	journal	November 2011
What is — and what is not — an optical isolator Jalas, Dirk; Petrov, Alexander; Eich, Manfred Nature Photonics, Vol. 7, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.185	journal	July 2013
Topological photonics Lu, Ling; Joannopoulos, John D.; Soljačić, Marin Nature Photonics, Vol. 8, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.248	journal	October 2014
Experimental realization of optomechanically induced non-reciprocity Shen, Zhen; Zhang, Yan-Lei; Chen, Yuan Nature Photonics, Vol. 10, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.161	journal	August 2016
Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities Peng, Bo; Özdemir, Şahin Kaya; Lei, Fuchuan Nature Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2927	journal	April 2014
Low-threshold optically pumped lasing in highly strained germanium nanowires Bao, Shuyu; Kim, Daeik; Onwukaeme, Chibuzo Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02026-w	journal	November 2017
Nanoscale nonreciprocity via photon-spin-polarized stimulated Raman scattering Lawrence, Mark; Dionne, Jennifer A. Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11175-z	journal	July 2019
High quality factor phase gradient metasurfaces Lawrence, Mark; Barton, David R.; Dixon, Jefferson Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 15, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0754-x	journal	August 2020
Inverse design in nanophotonics Molesky, Sean; Lin, Zin; Piggott, Alexander Y. Nature Photonics, Vol. 12, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0246-9	journal	October 2018
Chiral visible light metasurface patterned in monocrystalline silicon by focused ion beam Gorkunov, Maxim V.; Rogov, Oleg Y.; Kondratov, Alexey V. Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29977-4	journal	August 2018
Strong enhancement of Raman-induced nonreciprocity in silicon waveguides by alignment with the crystallographic axes Krause, Michael; Renner, Hagen; Brinkmeyer, Ernst Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 95, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3279151	journal	December 2009
Nonreciprocal light transmission in silicon by Raman-induced asymmetry of the permittivity tensor Krause, Michael Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 111, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4709622	journal	May 2012
Interference-induced asymmetric transmission through a monolayer of anisotropic chiral metamolecules Zhang, Shuang; Liu, Fu; Zentgraf, Thomas Physical Review A, Vol. 88, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.023823	journal	August 2013
Large Chiroptical Effects in Planar Chiral Metamaterials Ye, Weimin; Yuan, Xiaodong; Guo, Chucai Physical Review Applied, Vol. 7, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.054003	journal	May 2017
All-dielectric reciprocal bianisotropic nanoparticles Alaee, Rasoul; Albooyeh, Mohammad; Rahimzadegan, Aso Physical Review B, Vol. 92, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.245130	journal	December 2015
Negative Refractive Index in Chiral Metamaterials Zhang, Shuang; Park, Yong-Shik; Li, Jensen Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.023901	journal	January 2009
Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High- Q Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum Koshelev, Kirill; Lepeshov, Sergey; Liu, Mingkai Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.193903	journal	November 2018
Metasurfaces with Maximum Chirality Empowered by Bound States in the Continuum Gorkunov, Maxim V.; Antonov, Alexander A.; Kivshar, Yuri S. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 125, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.093903	journal	August 2020
Raman-based silicon photonics Jalali, B.; Raghunathan, V.; Dimitropoulos, D. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 12, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2006.872708	journal	May 2006
Electromagnetic scattering by magnetic spheres Kerker, M.; Wang, D. -S.; Giles, C. L. Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 73, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.73.000765	journal	January 1983
Multiply resonant photonic crystal nanocavities for nonlinear frequency conversion Rivoire, Kelley; Buckley, Sonia; Vučković, Jelena Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.022198	journal	January 2011
All-dielectric planar chiral metasurface with gradient geometric phase Ma, Zhijie; Li, Yi; Li, Yang Optics Express, Vol. 26, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.006067	journal	January 2018
Inverse design of large-area metasurfaces Pestourie, Raphaël; Pérez-Arancibia, Carlos; Lin, Zin Optics Express, Vol. 26, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.033732	journal	January 2018
Monolithic integration of broadband optical isolators for polarization-diverse silicon photonics Zhang, Yan; Du, Qingyang; Wang, Chuangtang Optica, Vol. 6, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.000473	journal	January 2019
Doubly resonant χ ⁽²⁾ nonlinear photonic crystal cavity based on a bound state in the continuum Minkov, Momchil; Gerace, Dario; Fan, Shanhui Optica, Vol. 6, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.001039	journal	January 2019
Bianisotropic metasurfaces: physics and applications Asadchy, Viktar S.; Díaz-Rubio, Ana; Tretyakov, Sergei A. Nanophotonics, Vol. 7, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2017-0132	journal	June 2018

Similar Records

A hybrid coupler for directing quantum light emission with high radiative Purcell enhancement to a dielectric metasurface lens

Journal Article · Mon Oct 25 20:00:00 EDT 2021 · Journal of Applied Physics · OSTI ID:1978942

All-dielectric magneto-photonic metasurfaces

Journal Article · Tue Sep 13 20:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Applied Physics · OSTI ID:1886397

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Physics

Self-Isolated Raman Lasing with a Chiral Dielectric Metasurface

Citation Formats

References (46)

Similar Records

Related Subjects