Abstract

The skillful confinement of light brought by the composite waveguide structure has shown great possibilities in the development of photonic devices. It has greatly expanded the application range of an on-chip system in dark-field imaging and confined the laser when containing an active medium. Here we experimentally proved a stable directional emission in an active waveguide composed of metal and photonic crystal, which is almost completely unaffected by the external environment and different from the common local light field that is seriously affected by the structure. When the refractive index of samples on the surface layer changes, it can ensure the constant emission intensity of the internal mode, while still retaining the external environmental sensitivity of the surface mode. It can also be used for imaging and sensing as a functional slide. This research of chip-based directional emission is very promising for various applications including quantitative detection of biological imaging, coupled emission intensity sensing, portable imaging equipment, and tunable micro lasers.

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