• 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
    Schematic diagrams of a chiral unit cell composed of four helices with different radii as subunits.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagrams of a chiral unit cell composed of four helices with different radii as subunits.
    CD and transmittances of the structure for the RCP and LCP incident waves.
    Fig. 2. CD and transmittances of the structure for the RCP and LCP incident waves.
    Distributions of electric field intensities at different cross sections vertical to the incident direction under the RCP and LCP waves at the wavelength of 6.44 µm. (a) z = −1.2 µm; (b) z = −1.0 µm; (c) z = −0.8 µm; (d) z = −0.6 µm; (e) z =−0.4 µm; (f) z = −0.2 µm.
    Fig. 3. Distributions of electric field intensities at different cross sections vertical to the incident direction under the RCP and LCP waves at the wavelength of 6.44 µm. (a) z = −1.2 µm; (b) z = −1.0 µm; (c) z = −0.8 µm; (d) z = −0.6 µm; (e) z =−0.4 µm; (f) z = −0.2 µm.
    CD curves of the original structure and single helix structures with radii of 0.30 µm, 0.35 µm, 0.40 µm, and 0.45 µm, respectively.
    Fig. 4. CD curves of the original structure and single helix structures with radii of 0.30 µm, 0.35 µm, 0.40 µm, and 0.45 µm, respectively.
    CD properties of the structure with the different number of turns of subunits.
    Fig. 5. CD properties of the structure with the different number of turns of subunits.
    CD properties of the original structure and structures with different components consisting of Ag and Au.
    Fig. 6. CD properties of the original structure and structures with different components consisting of Ag and Au.
    Optical activity distributions of the structures with different components consisting of ITO, Ag, and Au, respectively.
    Fig. 7. Optical activity distributions of the structures with different components consisting of ITO, Ag, and Au, respectively.
    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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