Fano resonance in all-dielectric binary nanodisk array realizing optical filter with efficient linewidth tuning

In this research paper, we study the Fano resonance originating from the interaction of in-phased lattice collective resonance and anti-phased lattice collective resonance supported by a binary silicon nanodisk array. Experimental results agree well with the calculations using finite-difference-time-domain method and show a strong dependence of such Fano lineshapes on the radius difference of the particles in the array. Further calculations demonstrate that such binary silicon nanodisk array can be used as an optical filter and offers an efficient way to tune the linewidth simply by changing the radius of the particles, linewidth from 12 nm to 0.7 nm and corresponding Q factor from 72 to 1290 as the radius R-2 increasing from 60 nm to 115 nm. Such scheme possessing the merits of being easily fabricated, simulated, and tuned is very promising for practical applications. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America