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Catenary Optical Fields and Dispersion for Perfect Absorption of Light

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Besides the localized manipulation of phase and polarization, catenary optical fields can be used to realize perfect absorption of light. First, the catenary coupling occurring at structured holes or gaps may help to couple light into the subwavelength structures. Second, the localized resonance strongly increases the localized intensity as well as the absorption probability of incident photons. Third, the catenary fields may change the dispersion of electromagnetic modes, thus broadband absorption becomes possible. We also noted that the counter-propagating waves in a thin lossy slab would form catenary-shaped intensity profile, which means that the catenary is a universal characteristic for the absorption of light in structured materials.

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Luo, X. (2019). Catenary Optical Fields and Dispersion for Perfect Absorption of Light. In: Catenary Optics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-4818-1_7

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