Suppressing electromagnetic local density of states via slow light in lossy quasi-1d gratings

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Main Authors: Strekha, Benjamin, Chao, Pengning, Defo, Rodrick Kuate, Molesky, Sean, Rodriguez, Alejandro W.
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author Strekha, Benjamin
Chao, Pengning
Defo, Rodrick Kuate
Molesky, Sean
Rodriguez, Alejandro W.
author_facet Strekha, Benjamin
Chao, Pengning
Defo, Rodrick Kuate
Molesky, Sean
Rodriguez, Alejandro W.
contents We propose a spectral-averaging procedure that enables computation of bandwidth-integrated local density of states (LDOS) from a single scattering calculation, and exploit it to investigate the minimum extinction achievable from dipolar sources over finite bandwidths in structured media. Structure-agnostic extinction bounds are derived, providing analytical insights into scaling laws and fundamental design tradeoffs with implications to bandwidth and material selection. We find that perfect LDOS suppression over a finite bandwidth $Δω$ is impossible. Inspired by limits which predict nontrivial $\sqrt{Δω}$ scaling in systems with material dissipation, we show that pseudogap edge states of quasi-1d bullseye gratings can -- by simultaneously minimizing material absorption and radiation -- yield arbitrarily close to perfect LDOS suppression in the limit of vanishing bandwidth.
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spellingShingle Suppressing electromagnetic local density of states via slow light in lossy quasi-1d gratings
Strekha, Benjamin
Chao, Pengning
Defo, Rodrick Kuate
Molesky, Sean
Rodriguez, Alejandro W.
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We propose a spectral-averaging procedure that enables computation of bandwidth-integrated local density of states (LDOS) from a single scattering calculation, and exploit it to investigate the minimum extinction achievable from dipolar sources over finite bandwidths in structured media. Structure-agnostic extinction bounds are derived, providing analytical insights into scaling laws and fundamental design tradeoffs with implications to bandwidth and material selection. We find that perfect LDOS suppression over a finite bandwidth $Δω$ is impossible. Inspired by limits which predict nontrivial $\sqrt{Δω}$ scaling in systems with material dissipation, we show that pseudogap edge states of quasi-1d bullseye gratings can -- by simultaneously minimizing material absorption and radiation -- yield arbitrarily close to perfect LDOS suppression in the limit of vanishing bandwidth.
title Suppressing electromagnetic local density of states via slow light in lossy quasi-1d gratings
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15794