Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces
Structural colors based on all-dielectric metasurfaces hold great promise for a wide range of applications, including high-density optical storage, ultra-high-resolution 3D displays, imaging security certification, and so on. However, achieving dynamic tunable structural color with a compact and sim...
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| author | Xiao Shang Jiebin Niu He Li Longjie Li Huakui Hu Cheng Lu Lina Shi |
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| description | Structural colors based on all-dielectric metasurfaces hold great promise for a wide range of applications, including high-density optical storage, ultra-high-resolution 3D displays, imaging security certification, and so on. However, achieving dynamic tunable structural color with a compact and simple Si platform remains a great challenge. Here, we propose a dynamic tunable structural coloration with polarization-sensitive metasurfaces consisting of arrays of Si elliptical nanopillars, enabling full-colored images to be displayed and switched through the control of the polarization of incident light. A distinct feature of our design is that the color phase is independent of the viewing angle, which is fundamental for real applications. Moreover, we demonstrated that dual and multiple colors can be obtained by varying the angle of either the polarizer or the analyzer. Our scheme provides a simple yet general approach for potential applications in the fields of virtual reality, ultra-high-resolution 3D displays, and high-density information storage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-723debc71cbd49abaefa40be6c654c772023-11-17T20:58:11ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322023-04-0110444810.3390/photonics10040448Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon MetasurfacesXiao Shang0Jiebin Niu1He Li2Longjie Li3Huakui Hu4Cheng Lu5Lina Shi6State Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3 West Road, Beitucheng, Beijing 100029, ChinaStructural colors based on all-dielectric metasurfaces hold great promise for a wide range of applications, including high-density optical storage, ultra-high-resolution 3D displays, imaging security certification, and so on. However, achieving dynamic tunable structural color with a compact and simple Si platform remains a great challenge. Here, we propose a dynamic tunable structural coloration with polarization-sensitive metasurfaces consisting of arrays of Si elliptical nanopillars, enabling full-colored images to be displayed and switched through the control of the polarization of incident light. A distinct feature of our design is that the color phase is independent of the viewing angle, which is fundamental for real applications. Moreover, we demonstrated that dual and multiple colors can be obtained by varying the angle of either the polarizer or the analyzer. Our scheme provides a simple yet general approach for potential applications in the fields of virtual reality, ultra-high-resolution 3D displays, and high-density information storage.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/10/4/448structural colormetasurfaceSi nanostructurespolarization |
| spellingShingle | Xiao Shang Jiebin Niu He Li Longjie Li Huakui Hu Cheng Lu Lina Shi Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces Photonics structural color metasurface Si nanostructures polarization |
| title | Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces |
| title_full | Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces |
| title_fullStr | Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces |
| title_short | Polarization-Sensitive Structural Colors Based on Anisotropic Silicon Metasurfaces |
| title_sort | polarization sensitive structural colors based on anisotropic silicon metasurfaces |
| topic | structural color metasurface Si nanostructures polarization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/10/4/448 |
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