Quality factor assessment of finite-size all-dielectric metasurfaces at the magnetic dipole resonance
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Electromagnetic Theory Dept.
Recently there has been a large interest in achieving metasurface resonances with large quality factors. In this article, we examine metasurfaces that comprised a finite number of magnetic dipoles oriented parallel or orthogonal to the plane of the metasurface and determine analytic formulas for their resonances’ quality factors. These conditions are experimentally achievable in finite-size metasurfaces made of dielectric cubic resonators at the magnetic dipole resonance. Our results show that finite metasurfaces made of parallel (to the plane) magnetic dipoles exhibit low quality factor resonances with a quality factor that is independent of the number of resonators. More importantly, finite metasurfaces made of orthogonal (to the plane) magnetic dipoles lead to resonances with large quality factors, which ultimately depend on the number of resonators comprising the metasurface. In particular, by properly modulating the array of dipole moments by having a distribution of resonator polarizabilities, one can potentially increase the quality factor of metasurface resonances even further. These results provide design guidelines to achieve a sought quality factor applicable to any resonator geometry for the development of new devices such as photodetectors, modulators, and sensors.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1488867
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1492380
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-13132J; 669995
- Journal Information:
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Vol. 8; ISSN 1847-9804
- Publisher:
- SAGECopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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