The manipulation and characterization of light polarization states are essential for many applications in quantum communication and computing,spectroscopy,bioinspired navigation,and imaging.Chiral metamaterials and me...The manipulation and characterization of light polarization states are essential for many applications in quantum communication and computing,spectroscopy,bioinspired navigation,and imaging.Chiral metamaterials and metasurfaces facilitate ultracompact devices for circularly polarized light generation,manipulation,and detection.Herein,we report bioinspired chiral metasurfaces with both strong chiral optical effects and low insertion loss.We experimentally demonstrated submicron-thick circularly polarized light filters with peak extinction ratios up to 35 and maximum transmission efficiencies close to 80% at near-infrared wavelengths(the best operational wavelengths can be engineered in the range of 1.3-1.6μm).We also monolithically integrated the microscale circular polarization filters with linear polarization filters to perform full-Stokes polarimetric measurements of light with arbitrary polarization states.With the advantages of easy on-chip integration,ultracompact footprints,scalability,and broad wavelength coverage,our designs hold great promise for facilitating chip-integrated polarimeters and polarimetric imaging systems for quantum-based optical computing and information processing,circular dichroism spectroscopy,biomedical diagnosis,and remote sensing applications.展开更多
基金supported in part by the AFOSR YIP under grant no.FA9550-16-1-0183the National Science Foundation under grant no.1809997+2 种基金partial support from the National Science Foundation under grant no.1711412Arizona State University startup funds provided to C.W.supported,in part,by NSF contract ECCS-1542160.
文摘The manipulation and characterization of light polarization states are essential for many applications in quantum communication and computing,spectroscopy,bioinspired navigation,and imaging.Chiral metamaterials and metasurfaces facilitate ultracompact devices for circularly polarized light generation,manipulation,and detection.Herein,we report bioinspired chiral metasurfaces with both strong chiral optical effects and low insertion loss.We experimentally demonstrated submicron-thick circularly polarized light filters with peak extinction ratios up to 35 and maximum transmission efficiencies close to 80% at near-infrared wavelengths(the best operational wavelengths can be engineered in the range of 1.3-1.6μm).We also monolithically integrated the microscale circular polarization filters with linear polarization filters to perform full-Stokes polarimetric measurements of light with arbitrary polarization states.With the advantages of easy on-chip integration,ultracompact footprints,scalability,and broad wavelength coverage,our designs hold great promise for facilitating chip-integrated polarimeters and polarimetric imaging systems for quantum-based optical computing and information processing,circular dichroism spectroscopy,biomedical diagnosis,and remote sensing applications.
