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Hyperuniform disordered photonic structures are a peculiar category of disordered photonic heterostructures located between random structures and ordered photonic crystals. These materials, thanks to the presence of a photonic bandgap, exhibit the advantages of random and ordered structures since they have been shown to support in a small spatial footprint a high density of Anderson-localized modes, which naturally occur at the bandgap edges with peculiar features like relatively high Q/V ratios. Different localization behaviors have been recently reported in hyperuniform disordered luminescent materials, with a well-established and widely studied design, based on disordered networks. Here, we explore an alternative design, based on circular holes of different sizes hyperuniformely distributed, that we investigate theoretically and experimentally by means of scanning near-field optical microscopy. We report that the spectral features of hyperuniform disordered networks can also be extended to a different design, which, in turn, displays pseudo-photonic bandgaps and light localization. The ability of generating different kinds of hyperuniform disordered photonic systems that share the same theoretical and experimental optical features can largely extend practical potentialities and integration in many optoelectronic applications.

Hyperuniform disordered (HuD) photonic materials have recently been shown to display several localized states with relatively high Q factors. However, their spatial position is not predictable a priori. Here we experimentally benchmark through near-field spectroscopy the engineering of high Q/V resonant modes in a defect inside a HuD pattern. These deterministic modes, coexisting with Anderson-localized modes, are a valid candidate for implementations in optoelectronic devices due to the spatial isotropy of the HuD environment upon which they are built.