Dr. Dmitry N. Chigrin Profile

Dr. Dmitry N. Chigrin

at DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Proceedings Article | 4 October 2023 Presentation

Phase change materials based nanophotonics: multiphysics analysis

Dmitry Chigrin

Proceedings Volume PC12647, PC126470V (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678108

KEYWORDS: Quantum nanophotonics, Photonic quantum computing, Electromagnetism, Simulations, Reconfigurable computing, Quantum processes, Quantum light, Quantum computing, Materials properties, Magnetism

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation

Multi-physics modelling for phase-change material based photonics

Dmitry Chigrin

Proceedings Volume 11796, 1179622 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595140

KEYWORDS: Photonics, Modeling, Mid-IR, Optoelectronics, Optical components, Metamaterials, Integrated optics, Infrared radiation, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2019 Presentation

Actively modulated surface phonon polariton resonances within the long‑wave and far-infrared (Conference Presentation)

Chase Ellis, Adam Dunkelberger, Virginia Wheeler, Daniel Ratchford, Dmitry Chigrin, Marc Currie, Mijin Kim, Chul Soo Kim, Alexander Giles, Bryan Spann, Igor Vurgaftman, Jeffrey Owrutsky, Joshua Caldwell, Joseph Tischler

Proceedings Volume 10983, 1098312 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519912

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Phonons, Polaritons, Silicon carbide, Plasmonics, Dielectrics, Reflectance spectroscopy, Nanostructuring, Resonators, Nanolithography

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The high optical losses of metal-based plasmonic materials have driven an extensive search for alternative lower-loss materials that can support plasmonic-like effects, such as sub-diffraction confinement of optical fields. One such alternative employs phonon-mediated collective-charge oscillations (surface phonon polaritons, SPhPs) that can be optically excited in nanostructured polar dielectric materials. Similar to plasmonics, tailoring the geometry of polar-dielectric resonators results in resonances that can be spectrally tuned throughout the spectral range between the LO and TO phonons. However, generally, the spectral position and amplitude of these resonances remain fixed after sample fabrication. In this presentation, we discuss recent advancements made by our group in achieving actively tunable localized SPhP resonances in the long-wave- and far-infrared spectral regimes. In particular, we focus on three experiments that demonstrate active modulation of resonances. The first and second experiments focus on tuning the spectral position of localized SPhP resonances in cylindrical nanopillars that are etched into indium phosphide and silicon carbide substrates. In both of these cases we are able to induce resonance shifts as large as 15 cm-1 by optically injecting free-carriers into the pillars. The optical injection introduces a reversible, free-carrier perturbation to the dielectric permittivity that results in a spectral shift of the resonances. While the effects investigated for both the InP and SiC systems are similar, each material allows us to explore a different aspect of the phenomena. For InP we investigate the effects in the far-infrared (303-344 cm-1) with steady-state carrier photoinjection, while for SiC we investigate the dynamics of frequency modulated resonances in the long-wave infrared (797-972 cm-1) via transient reflection spectroscopy. Lastly, in the third experiment we demonstrate the ability to modulate the amplitude of resonances by coating SiC nanopillars with vanadium dioxide, a well-known phase change material that undergoes a metal-to-insulator transition near a temperature of 70 C. As such, we show that by exploiting this phase change we are able to modulate the reflectance and thermal emission of nanopillar arrays. The results described in this work may open the door to tunable, narrow-band thermal sources that operate in the long-wave to far-infrared spectral regimes.

Proceedings Article | 17 September 2018 Presentation

Design of reconfigurable meta-surfaces: modeling done right (Conference Presentation)

Sebastian Meyer, Dmitry Chigrin

Proceedings Volume 10721, 107211W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321120

KEYWORDS: Modeling, Metamaterials, Electromagnetism, Photonic devices, Numerical analysis, Plasmons, Electromagnetic simulation

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2018 Presentation

Using phonon-polaritonic nanoantennas for controlling infrared radiation at the nanoscale (Conference Presentation)

Dmitry Chigrin

Proceedings Volume 10721, 107210C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321108

KEYWORDS: Nanoantennas, Thermography, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 9 November 2016 Presentation

Emission quenching of magnetic dipole transitions near an absorbing nanoparticle (Conference Presentation)

Dmitry Chigrin, Deepu Kumar, Gero von Plessen

Proceedings Volume 9920, 99201W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238152

KEYWORDS: Quenching (fluorescence), Magnetism, Nanoparticles, Near field, Near field optics, Metals, Transition metals, Current controlled current source

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2014 Paper

Metal membrane with dimer slots as a universal polarizer

Sergej Zhukovsky, Maksim Zalkovskij, Radu Malureanu, Christian Kremers, Dmitry Chigrin, Peter Tang, Peter Jepsen, Andrei Lavrinenko

Proceedings Volume 8989, 89890T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039471

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Terahertz radiation, Metals, Metamaterials, Polarizers, Electromagnetism, Nickel, Numerical simulations, Dichroic materials, Optical properties

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2008 Paper

Photonic crystal couplers for slow light

Andrey Sukhorukov, Sangwoo Ha, Kokou Dossou, Lindsay Botten, Andrei Lavrinenko, Dmitry Chigrin, Yuri Kivshar

Proceedings Volume 6904, 69040S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772232

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Photonic crystals, Dispersion, Slow light, Finite-difference time-domain method, Directional couplers, Switching, Magnetism, Wave propagation, Dielectrics

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2006 Paper

Nanopillar coupled periodic waveguides: from basic properties to applications

Dmitry Chigrin, Andrei Lavrinenko

Proceedings Volume 6393, 639303 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689142

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Dispersion, Dielectrics, Directional couplers, Integrated optics, Photonic crystals, Solids, Silicon, Wave propagation, Waveguide modes

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Proceedings Article | 3 June 2005 Paper

Directionality of light emission in three-dimensional opal-based photonic crystals

S. Romanov, D. Chigrin, T. Maka, M. Muller, R. Zentel, C. Sotomayor Torres

Proceedings Volume 5825, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.605155

KEYWORDS: Tin, Photonic crystals, Light sources, Solids, Crystals, Signal attenuation, Molecules, Optical spheres, Anisotropy, Luminescence

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

Light propagation in opal heterojunctions

Sergei Romanov, Dmitry Chigrin, Clivia Sotomayor-Torres, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmueller, Andrey Rogach, Marc Egen, Rudolf Zentel

Proceedings Volume 5450, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545280

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Heterojunctions, Diffraction, Reflectivity, Dispersion, Crystals, Photonics, Radio propagation, Photonic crystals, Fabry–Perot interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 25 April 2002 Paper

Self-guiding in two-dimensional photonic crystals

Dmitry Chigrin, Stefan Enoch, Cliva Sotomayor-Torres, Gerard Tayeb

Proceedings Volume 4655, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463861

KEYWORDS: Photonic crystals, Crystals, Dispersion, Solids, Dielectrics, Laser crystals, Gaussian beams, Radio propagation, Electromagnetism, Wave propagation

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