Broadband and wide field-of-view plasmonic metasurface-enabled waveplates

Zhi Hao Jiang, Lan Lin, Ding Ma, Seokho Yun, Douglas H. Werner, Zhiwen Liu, Theresa S. Mayer

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Abstract

Quasi two-dimensional metasurfaces composed of subwavelength nanoresonator arrays can dramatically alter the properties of light in an ultra-thin planar geometry, enabling new optical functions such as anomalous reflection and refraction, polarization filtering, and wavefront modulation. However, previous metasurface-based nanostructures suffer from low efficiency, narrow bandwidth and/or limited field-of-view due to their operation near the plasmonic resonance. Here we demonstrate plasmonic metasurface-based nanostructures for high-efficiency, angle-insensitive polarization transformation over a broad octave-spanning bandwidth. The structures are realized by optimizing the anisotropic response of an array of strongly coupled nanorod resonators to tailor the interference of light at the subwavelength scale. Nanofabricated reflective half-wave and quarter-wave plates designed using this approach have measured polarization conversion ratios and reflection magnitudes greater than 92% over a broad wavelength range from 640 to 1290 nm and a wide field-of-view up to ±40°. This work outlines a versatile strategy to create metasurface-based photonics with diverse optical functionalities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number7511
JournalScientific reports
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 19 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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