Broadband quarter-wave plates at near-infrared using high-contrast gratings

Mehmet Mutlu; Ahmet E. Akosman; Gokhan Kurt; Mutlu Gokkavas; Ekmel Ozbay

doi:10.1117/12.2009347

15 March 2013 Broadband quarter-wave plates at near-infrared using high-contrast gratings

Mehmet Mutlu, Ahmet E. Akosman, Gokhan Kurt, Mutlu Gokkavas, Ekmel Ozbay

Proceedings Volume 8633, High Contrast Metastructures II; 86330O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009347
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we report the theoretical and experimental possibility of achieving a quarter-wave plate regime by using high-contrast gratings, which are binary, vertical, periodic, near-wavelength, and two-dimensional high refractive index gratings. Here, we investigate the characteristics of two distinct designs, the first one being composed of silicon-dioxide and silicon, and the second one being composed of silicon and sapphire. The suggested quarter-wave plate regime is achieved by the simultaneous optimization of the transverse electric and transverse magnetic transmission coefficients, ^TTE and ^TTM, respectively, and the phase difference between these transmission coefficients, such that |^TTM| ≃ |^TTE| and ^∠TTM − ^∠TTE ≃ π/2. As a result, a unity circular polarization conversion efficiency is achieved at λ0 = 1.55 μm for both designs. For the first design, we show the obtaining of unity conversion efficiency by using a theoretical approach, which is inspired by the periodic waveguide interpretation, and rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA). For the second design, we demonstrate the unity conversion efficiency by using the results of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. Furthermore, the FDTD simulations, where material dispersion is taken into account, suggest that an operation percent bandwidth of 51% can be achieved for the first design, where the experimental results for the second design yield a bandwidth of 33%. In this context, we define the operation regime as the wavelength band for which the circular conversion efficiency is larger than 0.9.

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Mehmet Mutlu, Ahmet E. Akosman, Gokhan Kurt, Mutlu Gokkavas, and Ekmel Ozbay "Broadband quarter-wave plates at near-infrared using high-contrast gratings", Proc. SPIE 8633, High Contrast Metastructures II, 86330O (15 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009347

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