Silicon-Based All-Dielectric Metasurface on an Iron Garnet Film for Efficient Magneto-Optical Light Modulation in Near IR Range

Denis M Krichevsky; Shuang Xia; Mikhail P Mandrik; Daria O Ignatyeva; Lei Bi; Vladimir I Belotelov

doi:10.3390/nano11112926

Silicon-Based All-Dielectric Metasurface on an Iron Garnet Film for Efficient Magneto-Optical Light Modulation in Near IR Range

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2021 Nov 1;11(11):2926. doi: 10.3390/nano11112926.

Authors

Denis M Krichevsky^{1

2

3}, Shuang Xia^{4

5}, Mikhail P Mandrik⁶, Daria O Ignatyeva^{2

3

7}, Lei Bi^{4

5}, Vladimir I Belotelov^{2

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia.
² Russian Quantum Center, 121353 Moscow, Russia.
³ Physics and Technology Institute, Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, 295007 Simferopol, Russia.
⁴ National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin-Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
⁶ Faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
⁷ Photonic and Quantum Technologies School, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

All-dielectric nanostructures provide a unique low-loss platform for efficiently increasing light-matter interaction via excitation of the localized or propagating optical modes. Here, we report on the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect enhancement in an all-dielectric metasurface based on a two-dimensional array of Si nanodisks on a cerium substituted dysprosium iron garnet thin film. We observed up to 15% light intensity modulation under TM modes excitation. The observed magneto-optical effect is nearly independent of the rotation of the light incidence plane with respect to the metasurface. Being compatible with conventional semiconductor technology, our structure holds promise for device applications, such as light modulators, magnetic and chemical sensors.

Keywords: dielectric nanophotonics; magneto-optics; transverse magnetooptical Kerr effect.

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