posted on 2023-11-30, 19:57authored byEmre Yuce, Ahmet Kemal Demir, Zafer Artvin, Ramazan Sahin, Alpan Bek, Mehmet Emre Tasgin
We present a novel method for active continuous-tuning of a band gap which has a great potential to revolutionize current photonic technologies. We study a periodic structure of x and y-aligned nanorod dimers. Refractive index of a y-polarized probe pulse can be continuously-tuned by the intensity of an x-polarized auxiliary (pump) pulse. Order of magnitude index-tuning can be achieved with a vanishing loss using the plasmon-analog of refractive index enhancement [Phys. Rev. B 100, 075427 (2019)]. Thus, a large band gap can be created from a non-existing gap via the auxiliary pulse. We also present a "proof of principle" demonstration of the phenomenon using numerical solutions of Maxwell equations. The new method, working for any crystal dimensions, can also be utilized as a linear photonic switch operating at tens of femtoseconds.
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