Refractometric sensitivity of Bloch surface waves: perturbation theory calculation and experimental validation

BS Dias, JOMMM De Almeida, LCC Coelho - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The sensitivity of one-dimensional Bloch surface wave (BSW) sensors to external refractive
index variations using Kretschmann's configuration is calculated analytically by employing …

Bloch surface waves in open Fabry–Perot microcavities

N Marcucci, TL Guo, S Pélisset, M Roussey, T Grosjean… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thanks to the increasing availability of technologies for thin film deposition, all-dielectric
structures are becoming more and more attractive for integrated photonics. As light–matter …

Actively tunable weak and strong couplings in epsilon-near-zero ultrathin film-based Weyl semimetallic photonic crystals

M Sun, L Qian, J Ye, G Zheng - Journal of Optics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithography-free layered dielectric media plays an important role in photonic platforms and
opens up new possibilities in the design of devices with large-scale compatibilities. In this …

Design and optimization of Bloch surface wave sensor with high sensitivity and quality factor using LiNbO3

Y Wei, J Shi, Z Liu, D Ge, L Zhang - Journal of Nanophotonics, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This work presents a refractive index sensor based on Bloch surface waves (BSW) with high
sensitivity and quality factor (Q). The sensor utilizes a one-dimensional photonic crystal TiO …

Coupling light into a guided Bloch surface wave using an inversely designed nanophotonic cavity

Z Tang, TL Guo, Y Augenstein, A Troia, Y Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Controlling the propagation of light in the form of surface modes on miniaturized platforms is
crucial for multiple applications. For dielectric multilayers that sustain Bloch surface waves at …