Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 23, 2323001(2021)

Graphene-Based Dual-Function Switchable Broadband Terahertz Polarization Converter

Nanning Yi, Rong Zong, Rongrong Qian*, and Tao Duan
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  • School of Information, Yunnan University, Kunming , Yunnan 650000, China
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    This paper proposed a metasurface based on the hybrid graphene-metal which can be switched freely between a quarter wave plate and a half wave plate by adjusting the Fermi level of graphene. Numerical simulation results show that when the Fermi level of graphene is 0 eV, the proposed metasurface can realize the conversion from linearly polarized waves to right-handed circularly polarized waves in the frequency range of 1.465-3.44 THz, with a relative bandwidth of 96.5%, and the absolute bandwidth is 1.975 THz. When the Fermi energy level of graphene is 1 eV, the metasurface becomes a broadband cross-polarization converter, that is, one-half wave plate, which can achieve a polarization conversion rate greater than 80% in the frequency range of 1.173-3.44 THz. The relative bandwidth is 98.7%, and the absolute bandwidth is 2.267 THz. In addition, the proposed broadband switchable metasurface has a strong robustness to the angle of incidence. Therefore, it has a good application prospects in the fields of sensing and imaging.

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    Nanning Yi, Rong Zong, Rongrong Qian, Tao Duan. Graphene-Based Dual-Function Switchable Broadband Terahertz Polarization Converter[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(23): 2323001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Mar. 16, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 19, 2021

    The Author Email: Qian Rongrong (r.qiang@ynu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.2323001

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