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Rotated infrared antenna transmitarray for the manipulation of circularly polarized wavefronts
摘要： An IR optical transmitarray is presented based on Antenna Array Sheet (AAS) for the manipulation of circularly polarized light. The unit cell of the transmitarray comprises three layers of metallic elliptical patches. Complete phase control is achieved through the local rotation of each unit cell. Thin refraction and focusing transmitarrays of this sort are demonstrated at infrared frequencies. Moreover, a new concept for realizing a polarization-discriminating device is introduced based on a flat refracting lens. These devices are compatible with current fabrication technology and can become crucial for the integration with other IR and nano-photonic devices.
关键词： Metasurfaces,Transmitarrays,Polarization discrimination,Infrared lens,Circular polarization
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Exploiting Evanescent Field Polarization for Giant Chiroptical Modulation from Achiral Gold Half-Rings
摘要： For applications seeking to realize on-chip polarization discriminating nanoantennas, efficient energy conversion from surface waves to far-field radiation is desirable. However, the response of individual nanoantennas to the particular polarization states achievable in surface waves, such as evanescent fields, has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Here, we report giant modulation of visible light scattering from achiral gold half-rings when switching between evanescent surface wave excitation produced from total internal reflection of left-handed and right-handed circularly polarized light. The effect is driven by a differing relative phase between the in-plane transverse and longitudinal field oscillations of the evanescent wave depending on the incident light handedness. As longitudinal field oscillations are not found in free-space excitation, this presents a fundamentally different mechanism for chiroptical responses as traditional mechanisms for circular dichroism only account for purely transversal field oscillations. Although the half-ring scattering modulation is dependent on the wave vector orientation, an orientation invariant response is also realized in planar chiral nanoantennas composed of eight half-rings in a rotationally symmetric arrangement, with up to 50% scattering modulation observed at 725 nm. Though both structures are found to produce scattering modulation when switching the handedness of free-space light, the distinct polarization properties of evanescent fields are shown to be strictly required to observe giant scattering modulation. These results ultimately deepen our understanding of the range of possible chiroptical effects in light-matter interactions.
关键词： nanoantenna,extrinsic chirality,evanescent fields,planar chirality,polarization discrimination,longitudinal field oscillations
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21