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Fabry–Pérot Resonances in Planar Metal–Insulator–Metal Structures for Optical Data Processing: A Review

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The design of resonant planar metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structures offers promising applications in the optical image processing field, especially for developing efficient and ultrafast systems for optical computing and edge detection. The present work extends approaches based on electromagnetic theory and coupled-mode theory to describe nature and characteristics of the resonances in absorptive interference structures. Obtained analytical expressions based on Fano representation relate the resonance properties of the interference structures with their geometrical and optical parameters. This approach was efficiently employed to describe optical properties of the MIM structures and optimize their geometrical parameters for applications in optical filtration and image processing. The review of recent developments for all-optical edge detection both in reflection and transmission highlights various challenges encountered.

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This work was supported by Russian Science Foundation (Project no. 19-19-00514; in part of design of coupled mode models), the State Assignment of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS (in part of image processing review), and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (State assignment for research to Samara University (laboratory “Photonics for Smart Home and Smart City”, project FSSS-2021-0016) (in part of results obtained within the electromagnetic theory).

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  3. Kobe University, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan

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  4. Moroccan Foundation for Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, 43150, Ben Guerir, Morocco

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Nesterenko, D.V., Hayashi, S. & Soifer, V. Fabry–Pérot Resonances in Planar Metal–Insulator–Metal Structures for Optical Data Processing: A Review. Phys. Wave Phen. 31, 293–311 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X23050096

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