• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 9, 093701 (2021)
Shitong Xu1、*, Fei Fan2, Hongzhong Cao1, Yinghua Wang1, and Shengjiang Chang2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Polarization and Information Technology, Department of Physics, School of Physics and Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
  • 2Institute of Modern Optics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 3Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.093701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shitong Xu, Fei Fan, Hongzhong Cao, Yinghua Wang, Shengjiang Chang. Liquid crystal integrated metamaterial for multi-band terahertz linear polarization conversion[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(9): 093701 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We experimentally investigate the linear polarization conversion for terahertz (THz) waves in liquid crystal (LC) integrated metamaterials, which consist of an LC layer sandwiched by two orthogonally arranged sub-wavelength metal gratings. A Fabry–Perot-like cavity is well constructed by the front and rear gratings, and it shows a strong local resonance mechanism, which greatly enhances the polarization conversion efficiency. Most importantly, the Fabry–Perot-like resonance can be actively tuned by modulating the refractive index of the middle LC layer under the external field. As a result, the integrated metamaterial achieves multi-band tunable linear polarization conversion.
    Δν=c/2neffh.

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    ny=no,nx(θ)=none/no2cos2θ+ne2sin2θ,nz(θ)=none/no2sin2θ+ne2cos2θ.

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    Ext=20log[tforward/tbackward].

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    Shitong Xu, Fei Fan, Hongzhong Cao, Yinghua Wang, Shengjiang Chang. Liquid crystal integrated metamaterial for multi-band terahertz linear polarization conversion[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(9): 093701
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