Generating a nanoscale blade-like optical field in a coupled nanofiber pair

Yuxin Yang; Jiaxin Gao; Hao Wu; Zhanke Zhou; Liu Yang; Xin Guo; Pan Wang; Limin Tong

doi:10.1364/PRJ.506681

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 1, 154(2024)

Generating a nanoscale blade-like optical field in a coupled nanofiber pair

Yuxin Yang^1、†, Jiaxin Gao^1、†, Hao Wu¹, Zhanke Zhou¹, Liu Yang¹, Xin Guo^1,2,4、*, Pan Wang^1,2, and Limin Tong^1,2,3,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

²Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Photonic Sensing & Intelligent Imaging, Intelligent Optics & Photonics Research Center, Jiaxing Research Institute Zhejiang University, Jiaxing 314000, China

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

⁴e-mail: guoxin@zju.edu.cn

⁵e-mail: phytong@zju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

Received: Sep. 22, 2023

Accepted: Nov. 10, 2023

Published Online: Dec. 21, 2023

The Author Email: Xin Guo (guoxin@zju.edu.cn), Limin Tong (phytong@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.506681

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.506681

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