• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 11, 111601 (2021)
Wentao Zhang1, Weijie Shi2, Hui Guo2, and Changchun Yan2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and New Energy, Xuzhou Institute of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.111601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wentao Zhang, Weijie Shi, Hui Guo, Changchun Yan. Mid-infrared flat-topped broadband chiral helix metamaterials based on indium tin oxide and their chiral properties[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We proposed a periodic mid-infrared broadband chiral structure. Its unit cell consists of four indium tin oxide (ITO) helix subunits with different radii. The simulation results show that the flat-topped broadband circular dichroism (CD) can be achieved in the mid-infrared band by optimizing the parameters of helix structures. The simulation results also show that compared with the metallic (Ag and Au) helix structures, the ITO helix structure proposed exhibits evidently better broadband CD and optical activity, which provides a new idea for the design of broadband polarization state control devices in the mid-infrared band.
    CD=|T+T|,

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    Ei(r,t)=(ixiy)ei(kzωt),

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    Et(r,t)=(txty)ei(kzωt).

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    (txty)=(TxxTxyTyxTyy)(ixiy)=(ABCD)(ixiy)=T(ixiy).

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    Tcirc=(T++T+T+T)=12(A+D+i(BC)ADi(B+C)AD+i(B+C)A+Di(BC)),

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    (t+t)=Tcirc(i+i),

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    θ=12[arg(tL)arg(tR)],

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    Wentao Zhang, Weijie Shi, Hui Guo, Changchun Yan. Mid-infrared flat-topped broadband chiral helix metamaterials based on indium tin oxide and their chiral properties[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111601
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