Hot spot as hallmark of transition from dielectric disk to ring

TL;DR

This paper investigates the topological transition from a dielectric disk to a ring, identifying a hot spot as a hallmark of this transformation, and explores how photonic resonances evolve during this process through theoretical and experimental methods.

Contribution

It introduces the hot spot as a key indicator of the disk-to-ring transition and details the evolution of photonic modes during this topological change.

Findings

Identification of a hot spot caused by Mie resonance at the transition point

Observation of clustering of disk modes into ring eigenmodes

Experimental validation of the evolution of photonic resonances

Abstract

Topological transformations of dielectric structures radically change the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of photonic resonances. Moreover, optical effects may arise that characterize the moment of transition from one structure to another, but are not inherent in either the initial or final structure. We demonstrate that such a hallmark of the disk-ring transition is a hot spot of a special nature that arises at the moment a central hole appears in the disk. The hot spot in the air hole is caused by the Mie resonance of the disk with azimuthal number $m$ = 1, while other Mie resonances do not contribute to the effect due to symmetry. As the hole increases, the hot spot fades out, and we theoretically and experimentally observe the formation of photonic resonances of the ring from resonances of the disk. Using near-field and far-field measurements, we discovered clustering of disk photonic modes into distinct galleries of ring eigenmodes that are formed by the inner and outer walls of the cavity. Thus, we demonstrate both the beginning and the end of the rearrangement of photonic eigenmodes during the transition from a dielectric disk to a narrow ring.