• Opto-Electronic Engineering
  • Vol. 47, Issue 7, 190052 (2020)
Cui Jianhua1、2、*, Ma Xiaoliang1, Pu Mingbo1, Guo Yinghui1, and Luo Xiangang1
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    DOI: 10.12086/oee.2020.190052 Cite this Article
    Cui Jianhua, Ma Xiaoliang, Pu Mingbo, Guo Yinghui, Luo Xiangang. Extraordinary strong optical rotation in weak chiral metasurface[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2020, 47(7): 190052 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A preternatural and extremely thin metasurface with weak asymmetric unit structure is presented here to demonstrate extraordinary strong chirality. The unit cell of metasurface is composed of a double layer of elliptical metal patches with a certain twisted angle and a medium sandwiched between them. When the twisted angle equals to 80°, optical activity can be realized in this metasurface. At the resonant frequency 11.89 GHz, the incident linearly polarized wave is converted into its cross-polarization wave with the transmittance rate higher than 94%. The light weight and miniaturization of this metasurface provide a reliable approach for polarization manipulation. If extended to light waveband, the metasurface may have potentials in biological applications such as detection of weak chiral molecules, etc.
    Cui Jianhua, Ma Xiaoliang, Pu Mingbo, Guo Yinghui, Luo Xiangang. Extraordinary strong optical rotation in weak chiral metasurface[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2020, 47(7): 190052
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