337 Results Found

Given a seven-element set $X=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$ , there are 30 ways to define a Fano plane on it. Let us call a line of such a Fano plane—that is to say an unordered triple from X—ordinary or defective, according to whether the sum...

The quest for simpler structures that do not require the use of nanofabrication techniques and exhibit high Q Fano resonances has attracted growing interest in the past decade. Here, we study an arrangement of coupled resonator waveguides that can ex...

Plasmonic MIM (metal-insulator-metal) waveguides based on Fano resonance have been widely researched. However, the regulation of the direction of the line shape of Fano resonance is rarely mentioned. In order to study the regulation of the direction...

The existence of Fano resonances in dynamic resonant tunneling (RT) systems has been investigated. Fano resonances are characterized by the appearance of a 100% reflection coefficient in proximity to a high transmission coefficient. For a Fano resona...

Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in metallic nanostructures have been studied intensely in the last decade. Fano interference is an important way to decrease the resonance linewidth and enhance the spectral detection resolution, but reali...

We theoretically investigate multiple Fano resonances in an asymmetric hybrid graphene–metal metamaterial. The multiple Fano resonances emerge from the coupling of the plasmonic narrow bonding and antibonding modes supported by an in-plane grap...

We give a theoretical study on the near field enhancement and far field spectrum of an adjacent graphene-wrapped sphere dimer with different radii. The Fano profile is found in the near field enhancement spectrum of such a symmetry-broken dimer syste...

A novel nano-refractive index sensor based on the Fano resonance phenomenon is proposed in this paper. The sensor consists of the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide and a V-ring cavity with a groove (VRCG). We analyzed the performance of the nanos...

This paper proposes a novel nano-sized refractive index sensor based on the Fano resonance phenomenon. The main structure consists of two short tubes of the metal-insulation-metal waveguide and an internal Z-ring resonator. The authors used a finite...

Given the symplectic polar space of type $W(5,2)$, let us call a set of five Fano planes sharing pairwise a single point a Fano pentad. Once 63 points of $W(5,2)$ are appropriately labeled by 63 non-trivial three-qubit observables, any such Fano pentad g...

In this paper, we theoretically investigate nonlinearly tunable Fano resonance by employing a light tunneling heterostructure with one-dimensional defective photonic crystals and a lossy metallic film. We find that the phenomenon of Fano resonance ca...

We investigate Fano resonances and sensing enhancements in a simple Au/TiO₂ hybrid metasurface through the finite-different time-domain (FDTD) simulation and coupled mode theory (CMT) analysis. The results show that the Fano resonance in the proposed...

We reveal that asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures can exhibit significantly different absorption and scattering properties for light that propagates in opposite directions, despite the conservation of total extinction. We analytically demonstrate th...

There is a recent surge of interest to the bound states in the continuum (BICs) due to their ability to provide high-quality resonances in open photonic systems. They are usually observed in perturbed systems possessing Fano resonances in their spect...

In this paper, based on coupled hetero-cavities, multiple Fano resonances are produced and tuned in a plasmonic metal-insulator-metal (MIM) system. The structure comprises a rectangular cavity, a side-coupled waveguide, and an upper-coupled circular...

This paper proposed a plasmonic resonator system, consisting of a metal-insulator-metal structure and two stubs, and a Fano resonance arose in its transmittance, which resulted from the coupling between the two stubs. On the basis of the proposed str...

Graphene terahertz (THz) surface plasmons provide hope for developing functional devices in the THz frequency. By coupling graphene surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and a planar waveguide (PWG) mode, Fano resonances are demonstrated to realize an ul...

The tunability of spectral lineshapes, ranging from Lorentzian to Fano profiles, is essential for advancing nanoscale photonic technologies. Conventional far-field techniques are insufficient for studying nanoscale phenomena, particularly within the...

The formation of Fano resonance based on graphene heptamers with ${\mathit{D}}_{\mathbf{6}\mathit{h}}$ symmetry and the effect of nanoparticles at different positions on the collective behavior are investigated in this paper. The significances of central nanodisks on th...

In this paper, a new refractive index sensor based on Fano resonance is introduced. It is mainly composed of two parts: a metal–insulator–metal as a base waveguide and an annular resonant cavity with a double notch and a double convex cir...

We study theoretically the Fano resonances (FRs) produced by the near-field coupling between the lowest-order (dipolar) sphere plasmon resonance and the dipolar cavity plasmon mode supported by an Ag nanoshell or the hybrid mode in a simple three-lay...

An ultrasensitive Terahertz (THz) sensor consisting of the sub-wavelength bowtie black phosphorus (BP) and an annular gold (Au) ring is proposed. The interference between the resonance generated by the bowtie BP and the Au ring creates a Fano-type re...

We report a side-coupled resonator-cavity configuration with a tunable Fano-type interference effect for a novel subwavelength switch. A defective microstrip photonic crystal (PC) structure is designed to provide a continuum state, while a split ring...

We theoretically study the multiple sharp Fano resonances produced by the near-field coupling between the multipolar narrow plasmonic whispering-gallery modes (WGMs) and the broad-sphere plasmon modes supported by a deep-subwavelength spherical hyper...

Fano resonances that feature strong field enhancement in the narrowband range have motivated extensive studies of light–matter interactions in plasmonic nanomaterials. Optical metasurfaces that are subject to different mirror symmetries have be...

We propose a heat-reconfigurable metasurface composed of the silicon-based gold grating. The asymmetric Fano-like line shape is formed due to the mutual coupling of the local surface plasmon (LSP) in the gap between the two layers of Au gratings and...

We theoretically research the characteristics of tunable multipolar Fano resonances in novel-designed Au ring-disk plasmonic nanostructures. We systematically study some structural parameters that influence the multipolar Fano resonances of the nanos...

Herein, a nanosensor structure is proposed, which comprises metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide with stub and circular ring cavity with a stub (CRCS). The phenomenon of Fano resonance appears in the transmission spectrum, which is formed by interac...

Fano resonance, which is based on a plasmonic metasurface, has many potential applications in various fields, such as biochemical sensors, slow light effect, and integrated optical circuits. In this study, a rectangular-like nanotetramer metasurface...

High-Q metasurfaces have attracted much interest owing to their potential application in biological sensors. FANO is a type of high-Q factor metasurface. However, it is difficult to achieve large resonant intensity and a high-Q factor at the same tim...

In this paper, we prove that if a Gorenstein toric Fano variety $(X,-K_X)$ is asymptotically Chow semistable, then it is Ding polystable with respect to toric test configurations (Theorem 3). This extends the known result obtained by others (Theor...

In this paper, we review the investigation for the light-matter interaction between surface plasmon field in metal nanoparticle (MNP) and the excitons in semiconductor quantum dots (SQDs) in hybrid SQD-MNP system under the full quantum description. T...

Fano resonances in nanostructures have attracted widespread research interests in the past few years for their potential applications in sensing, switching and nonlinear optics. In this paper, a mid-infrared Fano resonance in a hybrid metal-graphene...

Exciting Fano resonance can improve the quality factor (Q-factor) and enhance the light energy utilization rate of optical devices. However, due to the large inherent loss of metals and the limitation of phase matching, traditional optical devices ba...

A new sensing approach utilizing Mie resonances in metamaterial arrays composed of dielectric resonators is proposed. These arrays were found to exhibit specific, extremely high-Q factor (up to 15,000) resonances at frequencies corresponding to the l...

Fano resonance has an asymmetric and sharp resonance peak near the resonance wavelength, which can effectively enhance the all-optical signal processing capability and realize silicon photonic switches, sensors, and modulators. In this paper, a silic...

The in situ and label-free detection of molecular information in biological cells has always been a challenging problem due to the weak Raman signal of biological molecules. The use of various resonance nanostructures has significantly advanced Surfa...

Surface plasmon resonances of a Au ring-strip nanosystem with tunable multipolar Fano resonances have been investigated based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Abundant plasmon properties of a Au ring-strip nanosystem can be obtaine...

In this work, a non-through metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide capable of exciting three Fano resonances was designed and numerically studied using the finite element method. Fano resonances are achieved through the interaction between...

In this paper, we demonstrate an active switching of extremely high Q-factor Fano resonances using vanadium oxide (VO₂)-implanted THz asymmetric double C-shaped metamaterial (MM) structures. The simulation results indicate the highly temperature-sens...

In this paper, a type of tunable plasmonic refractive index nanosensor based on Fano resonance is proposed and investigated. The sensor comprises a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanocavity with a center-deviated metal core and two side-coupled waveguid...

A nanoantenna with Fano response is designed with plasmonic oligomers as a refractive index sensor to enhance surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) in the visible light spectrum. The scattered radiation and field-enhanced interactions of the outer...

In this paper, multiple Fano resonances preferred in the refractive index sensing area are achieved based on sub-wavelength metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides. Two slot cavities, which are placed between or above the MIM waveguides, can support t...

A surface plasmon polariton refractive index sensor based on Fano resonances in metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguides coupled with rectangular and ring resonators is proposed and numerically investigated using a finite element method. Fano resonance...

Multiple Fano resonances (FRs) can be produced by destroying the symmetry of structure or adding additional nanoparticles without changing the spatial symmetry, which has been proved in noble metal structures. However, due to the disadvantages of low...

A Fano resonance is experimentally observed in a single silver nanocube separated from a supporting silver film by a thin aluminum oxide film. The resonance spectrum is modulated by changing the size of the silver nanocube and its distance from the s...

We propose a high quality-factor (Q-factor) multi-Fano resonance hybrid metamaterial waveguide (HMW) sensor. By ingeniously designing a metal/dielectric hybrid waveguide structure, we can effectively tailor multi-Fano resonance peaks’ reflectance spe...

In this paper, a type of compact nanosensor based on a metal-insulator-metal structure is proposed and investigated through cascading double asymmetric cavities, in which their metal cores shift along different axis directions. The cascaded asymmetri...

Herein, the design for a tunable plasmonic refractive index nanosensor is presented. The sensor is composed of a metal–insulator–metal waveguide with a baffle and a circular split-ring resonator cavity. Analysis of transmission characteri...

Using majorization theory via “Robin Hood” elementary operations, optimal lower and upper bounds are derived on Rényi and guessing entropies with respect to either error probability (yielding reverse-Fano and Fano inequalities) or total variation dis...