Abstract
Rapid progress in photonics and nanotechnology brings many examples of resonant optical phenomena associated with the physics of Fano resonances, with applications in optical switching and sensing. For successful design of photonic devices, it is important to gain deep insight into different resonant phenomena and understand their connection. Here, we review a broad range of resonant electromagnetic effects by using two effective coupled oscillators, including the Fano resonance, electromagnetically induced transparency, Kerker and Borrmann effects, and parity–time symmetry breaking. We discuss how to introduce the Fano parameter for describing a transition between two seemingly different spectroscopic signatures associated with asymmetric Fano and symmetric Lorentzian shapes. We also review the recent results on Fano resonances in dielectric nanostructures and metasurfaces.
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We thank P. Belov, S. Flach, B. Hopkins, A. A. Kaplyansky, B. Luk'yanchuk and M. Scully for useful discussions and suggestions, and D. Powell for critical reading of the manuscript. We acknowledge financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (grant 15-12-00040) and the Australian Research Council.
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Limonov, M., Rybin, M., Poddubny, A. et al. Fano resonances in photonics. Nature Photon 11, 543–554 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.142
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