Titania-Based Spherical Mie Resonators Elaborated by High-Throughput Aerosol Spray: Single Object Investigation
arXiv:2103.15092 · doi:10.1002/adfm.201801958
Abstract
In the framework of photonics with all-dielectric nanoantennas, sub-micro-metric spheres can be exploited for a plethora of applications including vanishing back-scattering, enhanced directivity of a light emitter, beam steering, and large Purcell factors. Here, the potential of a high-throughput fabrication method based on aerosol-spray is shown to form quasi-perfect sub-micrometric spheres of polycrystalline TiO 2 . Spectroscopic investigation of light scattering from individual particles reveals sharp resonances in agreement with Mie theory, neat structural colors, and a high directivity. Owing to the high permittivity and lossless material in use, this method opens the way toward the implementation of isotropic meta-materials and forward-directional sources with magnetic responses at visible and near-UV frequencies, not accessible with conventional Si- and Ge-based Mie resonators.
arXiv comment8 pages, 6 figures
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