Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 47, Issue 7, 190052(2020)

Extraordinary strong optical rotation in weak chiral metasurface

Cui Jianhua1...2,*, Ma Xiaoliang1, Pu Mingbo1, Guo Yinghui1 and Luo Xiangang1 |Show fewer author(s)
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    A preternatural and extremely thin metasurface with weak asymmetric unit structure is presented here to demonstrate extraordinary strong chirality. The unit cell of metasurface is composed of a double layer of elliptical metal patches with a certain twisted angle and a medium sandwiched between them. When the twisted angle equals to 80°, optical activity can be realized in this metasurface. At the resonant frequency 11.89 GHz, the incident linearly polarized wave is converted into its cross-polarization wave with the transmittance rate higher than 94%. The light weight and miniaturization of this metasurface provide a reliable approach for polarization manipulation. If extended to light waveband, the metasurface may have potentials in biological applications such as detection of weak chiral molecules, etc.

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    Cui Jianhua, Ma Xiaoliang, Pu Mingbo, Guo Yinghui, Luo Xiangang. Extraordinary strong optical rotation in weak chiral metasurface[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2020, 47(7): 190052

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    Category: Article

    Received: Jan. 29, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 28, 2020

    The Author Email: Jianhua Cui (sklotm@126.com)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2020.190052

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