Approaching the upper limits of the local density of states via optimized metallic cavities
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Yao, Wenjie
Benzaouia, Mohammed
Miller, Owen D.
Johnson, Steven G
Date Issued
July 2020
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Optics Express
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The Optical Society
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Yao, Wenjie et al. "Approaching the upper limits of the local density of states via optimized metallic cavities." Optics Express 28, 16 (July 2020): 24185-24197 © 2020 Optical Society of America
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Abstract
By computational optimization of air-void cavities in metallic substrates, we show that the local density of states (LDOS) can reach within a factor of ≈10 of recent theoretical upper limits and within a factor ≈4 for the single-polarization LDOS, demonstrating that the theoretical limits are nearly attainable. Optimizing the total LDOS results in a spontaneous symmetry breaking where it is preferable to couple to a specific polarization. Moreover, simple shapes such as optimized cylinders attain nearly the performance of complicated many-parameter optima, suggesting that only one or two key parameters matter in order to approach the theoretical LDOS bounds for metallic resonators.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
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https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.397502
