Large Purcell enhancement with a narrow linewidth in all-dielectric nanoantenna-microtoroid structures

Zihan Mo; Yali Jia; Xinchen Zhang; Yu Tian; Ying Gu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.082703

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 8, 082703(2025)

Large Purcell enhancement with a narrow linewidth in all-dielectric nanoantenna-microtoroid structures

Zihan Mo¹, Yali Jia^1、*, Xinchen Zhang¹, Yu Tian^1,2, and Ying Gu^{1,2,3,4,5、**}

¹State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter & Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

³Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

⁴Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong 226010, China

⁵Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Received: Dec. 25, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 14, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 23, 2025

The Author Email: Yali Jia (jiayali@stu.pku.edu.cn), Ying Gu (ygu@pku.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.082703

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.082703

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