Broadband circular polarizer formed by stacked plasmonic metasurfaces

Yang Zhao; Andrea Alù

doi:10.1117/12.881288

28 February 2011 Broadband circular polarizer formed by stacked plasmonic metasurfaces

Yang Zhao, Andrea Alù

Proceedings Volume 7946, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures; 79460S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881288
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recent ideas involving plasmonic metamaterials have been put forward to enhance the overall bandwidth of operation of quarter-wave plates for circular polarization detection. The proposed metamaterial geometries are inherently complex to realize and difficult to scale beyond the near-infrared frequencies. Here, we show how proper stacks of lithographically printed plasmonic metasurfaces with simple patterns may provide large extinction ratios for the detection of circular polarization, combined with broadband operation and simplicity of design and realization. In this paper, we will discuss some physical insights into the modeling of these structures, fundamental advantages and some limitations of this approach.

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Yang Zhao and Andrea Alù "Broadband circular polarizer formed by stacked plasmonic metasurfaces", Proc. SPIE 7946, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures, 79460S (28 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881288

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