Dark-modes excitation in coupled nano Fabry-Perot structure induced by symmetry breaking

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the engineering of high-Q dark-mode resonances in coupled nano-Fabry-Perot metasurfaces, achieving nearly total absorption and tunable Q-factors through symmetry breaking and resonator coupling.

Contribution

It introduces a method to create high-Q dark-mode resonances in metasurfaces by coupling nano-Fabry-Perot structures, surpassing previous Q-factor limitations.

Findings

Q-factor above 20 with nearly total absorption

Multiple dark-mode resonances can be excited simultaneously

Q-factor can reach up to 85 depending on metasurface thickness

Abstract

Absorbing metamaterials have attracted a widespread interest but suffer from the metallic ohmic losses that limits their Q-factor to values around 10. In this paper, we report the engineering and experimental characterization of a high Q dark-mode in a metasurface resulting from the coupling of several individual nano-Fabry-Perot structures supporting low-contrast resonances. The resulting resonance has a Q-factor above 20 and a nearly total absorption. Moreover, we also demonstrate that several dark-mode resonances can be excited simultaneously, by exploiting the coupling of various pairs of nano Fabry-Perot resonators within the same subwavelength period. Finally, the resonance's Q-factor depends monotonously on the thickness of the metasurface and can reach values up to 85.