Optical rogue waves in multifractal photonic arrays

F. Sgrignuoli, Y. Chen, S. Gorsky, W. A. Britton, and L. Dal Negro
Phys. Rev. B 103, 195403 – Published 4 May 2021
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Abstract

Optical rogue waves are demonstrated in the far-field scattered radiation from photonic arrays designed according to the aperiodic distributions of prime elements in complex quadratic fields. Specifically, by studying light diffraction from Eisenstein and Gaussian prime arrays, we establish a connection between the formation of optical rogue waves and multifractality in the visible single-scattering regime. We link strong multifractality with the heavy-tail probability distributions that describe the fluctuations of scattered radiation from the fabricated arrays. Our findings pave the way to control high-intensity rogue waves using deterministic arrays of dielectric nanostructures for enhanced sensing and lithographic applications.

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  • Received 9 December 2020
  • Revised 9 March 2021
  • Accepted 22 April 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.195403

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

F. Sgrignuoli1, Y. Chen1, S. Gorsky1, W. A. Britton2, and L. Dal Negro1,2,3,*

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
  • 2Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, 15 Saint Mary's Street, Brookline, Massachusetts 02446, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

  • *dalnegro@bu.edu

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Vol. 103, Iss. 19 — 15 May 2021

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