• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 1, 013601 (2025)
Zhishen Zhang1, Xiaobo Heng2, Shuai Gao1, Li Zhang1, Fei Lin1, Weicheng Chen1、*, and Jiulin Gan3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Technology, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
  • 2GBA Branch of Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510700, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.013601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhishen Zhang, Xiaobo Heng, Shuai Gao, Li Zhang, Fei Lin, Weicheng Chen, Jiulin Gan, "Nano-thick SiO2 channel for subwavelength plasmonic orbital angular momentum mode transmission," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 013601 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Orbital angular momentum (OAM) waveguides are critical for multi-channel photonic-on-chip applications. However, current large-mode-area waveguides pose a challenge for OAM device miniaturization. Here, a novel hybrid plasmonic waveguide is theoretically proposed to decrease the OAM mode area by two orders of magnitude. Benefiting from the Ag-As2S3-SiO2-As2S3-Ag five-layer cylindrical structure, the guided OAM mode realizes a larger figure of merit of 88. Based on this waveguide, an OAM coupler with a record-breaking small footprint (0.68 µm × 5.7 µm) is designed. The proposed waveguide enables subwavelength OAM light transmission, which provides a key building block for high-density OAM photonics circuits.
    2Ψr2+1rΨr+1r22Ψφ2+{k2[n(r)]2β2}Ψ=0,

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    Ez=AFlm(r)f(lφ),

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    Hz=CFlm(r)g(lφ),

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    f(lφ)={cos(lφ)evenmodessin(lφ)oddmodes,

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    g(lφ)={sin(lφ)evenmodescos(lφ)oddmodes.

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    Er=jk2[n(r)]2β2(βEzr+ωμ0rHzφ).

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    Ere=jk2[n(r)]2β2Glm(r)·cos(lφ),

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    Ero=jk2[n(r)]2β2Glm(r)·sin(lφ),

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    Glm(r)=βAFlm(r)rωμ0rClFlm(r).

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    Ere±j·Ero=jk2[n(r)]2β2Glm(r)·exp(±jlφ).

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    SP±l,mOAM=SPlme±j·SPlmo.

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    Anorm=Aeff/A0,

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    Aeff=P(r)dA/Max[P(r)],

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    A0=λ2/4,

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    L=λ/[4π·Im(neff)].

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    FoM=L2·πAeff.

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    Zhishen Zhang, Xiaobo Heng, Shuai Gao, Li Zhang, Fei Lin, Weicheng Chen, Jiulin Gan, "Nano-thick SiO2 channel for subwavelength plasmonic orbital angular momentum mode transmission," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 013601 (2025)
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