Theoretical Criteria for Scattering Dark States in Nanostructured Particles

Nanostructures with multiple resonances can exhibit a suppressed or even completely eliminated scattering of light, called a scattering dark state. We describe this phenomenon with a general treatment of light scattering from a multiresonant nanostructure that is spherical or nonspherical but subwav...

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Автори: Hsu, Chia Wei, DeLacy, Brendan G., Soljacic, Marin, Johnson, Steven G, Joannopoulos, John
Інші автори: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Формат: Стаття
Мова:en_US
Опубліковано: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2015
Онлайн доступ:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98070
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682
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Резюме:Nanostructures with multiple resonances can exhibit a suppressed or even completely eliminated scattering of light, called a scattering dark state. We describe this phenomenon with a general treatment of light scattering from a multiresonant nanostructure that is spherical or nonspherical but subwavelength in size. With multiple resonances in the same channel (i.e., same angular momentum and polarization), coherent interference always leads to scattering dark states in the low-absorption limit, regardless of the system details. The coupling between resonances is inevitable and can be interpreted as arising from far-field or near-field. This is a realization of coupled-resonator-induced transparency in the context of light scattering, which is related to but different from Fano resonances. Explicit examples are given to illustrate these concepts.