• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 9, 1667 (2021)
Hafiz Saad Khaliq1、†, Inki Kim2、†, Aima Zahid1、†, Joohoon Kim2, Taejun Lee2, Trevon Badloe2, Yeseul Kim2, Muhammad Zubair1、6, Kashif Riaz1、7, Muhammad Qasim Mehmood1、8, and Junsuk Rho2、3、4、5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1NanoTech Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology University (ITU) of the Punjab, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
  • 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  • 4POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  • 5National Institute of Nanomaterials Technology (NINT), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  • 6e-mail: muhammad.zubair@itu.edu.pk
  • 7e-mail: kashif.riaz@itu.edu.pk
  • 8e-mail: qasim.mehmood@itu.edu.pk
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.424477 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hafiz Saad Khaliq, Inki Kim, Aima Zahid, Joohoon Kim, Taejun Lee, Trevon Badloe, Yeseul Kim, Muhammad Zubair, Kashif Riaz, Muhammad Qasim Mehmood, Junsuk Rho. Giant chiro-optical responses in multipolar-resonances-based single-layer dielectric metasurfaces[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(9): 1667 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Chiro-optical effects offer a wide range of potential applications in nanophotonics, such as advanced imaging and molecular sensing and separation. Flat single-layer metasurfaces composed of subwavelength meta-atoms have gained significant attention due to their exceptional characteristics in light–matter interactions. Although metasurface-based devices have manipulated electromagnetic waves, the compact on-chip realization of giant chiro-optical effects remains a challenge at optical frequencies. In this work, we experimentally and numerically demonstrate an all-dielectric metasurface to realize large chiro-optical effects in the visible regime. Notably, the proposed strategy of utilizing achiral nanofins instead of conventional chiral structures provides an extra degree of design freedom. The mutual coupling between carefully engineered nanofins produces constructive and destructive interference, leading to the asymmetric transmission of 70% and average circular dichroism exceeding 60%. We investigate the underlying mechanism behind the chiro-optical effects using the theory of multipolar decomposition. The proposed design mechanism maximizes the chiro-optical response through a single-layer metasurface with potential applications in high-efficiency integrated ultrathin polarization rotators and shapers, chiral polarizers for optical displays, chiral beam splitters, and chiral sensors.
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    Hafiz Saad Khaliq, Inki Kim, Aima Zahid, Joohoon Kim, Taejun Lee, Trevon Badloe, Yeseul Kim, Muhammad Zubair, Kashif Riaz, Muhammad Qasim Mehmood, Junsuk Rho. Giant chiro-optical responses in multipolar-resonances-based single-layer dielectric metasurfaces[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(9): 1667
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