Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure
By combining the advantages of both a metallic metamaterial and a dielectric interlayer, we demonstrate the general mechanism to construct the dispersion-free metastructure, in which the intrinsic dispersion of the metallic structures is perfectly cancelled out by the thickness-dependent dispersion...
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2014-05-01
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| author | Shang-Chi Jiang Xiang Xiong Yuan-Sheng Hu Yu-Hui Hu Guo-Bin Ma Ru-Wen Peng Cheng Sun Mu Wang |
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| description | By combining the advantages of both a metallic metamaterial and a dielectric interlayer, we demonstrate the general mechanism to construct the dispersion-free metastructure, in which the intrinsic dispersion of the metallic structures is perfectly cancelled out by the thickness-dependent dispersion of the dielectric spacing layer. As examples to apply this concept, a broadband quarter-wave plate and a half-wave plate are demonstrated. By selecting the structural parameters, the polarization state of light can be freely tuned across a broad frequency range, and all of the polarization states on the Poincaré sphere can be realized dispersion free. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7e21d2bca984d3b8466403e8b5ce0d92022-12-21T21:30:38ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082014-05-014202102610.1103/PhysRevX.4.021026Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free MetastructureShang-Chi JiangXiang XiongYuan-Sheng HuYu-Hui HuGuo-Bin MaRu-Wen PengCheng SunMu WangBy combining the advantages of both a metallic metamaterial and a dielectric interlayer, we demonstrate the general mechanism to construct the dispersion-free metastructure, in which the intrinsic dispersion of the metallic structures is perfectly cancelled out by the thickness-dependent dispersion of the dielectric spacing layer. As examples to apply this concept, a broadband quarter-wave plate and a half-wave plate are demonstrated. By selecting the structural parameters, the polarization state of light can be freely tuned across a broad frequency range, and all of the polarization states on the Poincaré sphere can be realized dispersion free.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021026 |
| spellingShingle | Shang-Chi Jiang Xiang Xiong Yuan-Sheng Hu Yu-Hui Hu Guo-Bin Ma Ru-Wen Peng Cheng Sun Mu Wang Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure Physical Review X |
| title | Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure |
| title_full | Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure |
| title_fullStr | Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure |
| title_short | Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure |
| title_sort | controlling the polarization state of light with a dispersion free metastructure |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021026 |
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