Switching between singular points and exceptional-point-enhanced sensing in non-Hermitian photonic structures

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Abstract

We investigate the exceptional points in a two-layer cylindrical waveguide structure consisting of absorbing and nonabsorbing dielectrics. We show that by tuning the parameters of the structure the complex effective indices of two waveguide modes can coalesce so that an exceptional point is formed. We show that the sensitivity of the effective index of the waveguide mode is enhanced at the exceptional point. We also investigate using phase-change materials in multilayer structures to switch between singular points. We show that in multilayer structures consisting of phasechange, lossless dielectric, lossy, and gain materials, absorbing or spectral singularities can be switched to exceptional points, and self-dual spectral singularities can be switched to unidirectional spectral singularities by switching the phasechange material from its crystalline to its amorphous phase. Our results could be important for developing new compact reconfigurable singularity-enhanced optical devices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationActive Photonic Platforms XIII
EditorsGanapathi S. Subramania, Stavroula Foteinopoulou
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510644304
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventActive Photonic Platforms XIII 2021 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 1 Aug 20215 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11796
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceActive Photonic Platforms XIII 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period1/08/215/08/21

Keywords

  • Physical optics
  • coherent perfect absorbers
  • nanophotonics and photonic crystals
  • optical materials
  • subwavelength structures
  • waveguide modes

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