• 文献标题:   Improving Efficiency and Birefringence of an All-Dielectric Metasurface Quarter-Wave Plate Using Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OWITI E, YANG HN, LIU P, OMINDE C, SUN XD
  • 作者关键词:   metamaterial, polarization converter, alldielectric metasurface
  • 出版物名称:   PLASMONICS
  • ISSN:   1557-1955 EI 1557-1963
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11468-018-0724-4
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Conventional all-dielectric metasurfaces show remarkable properties including high efficiency and tunability of the optical response. However, extreme narrow bandwidth is a limitation that reduce their application in the photonic sensor devices. In this work, an efficient hybrid silicon-graphene metasurface is numerically proposed and designed. Through the sandwiched graphene layer, the structure shows unique quarter-wave properties, tunable through the dimensions of silicon, the Fermi energy of graphene, and an external gate voltage. Dynamic tuning is achieved by reversing the gate voltage: circular polarization state is switched between the right- and the left-handed states by reversing the gate voltage. A 95% polarization conversion ratio and a 96% ellipticity ratio are obtained while converting linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light in the near infrared. Additionally, by integrating graphene with silicon, the Q-factor and the trapped magnetic modes in the silicon are effectively modulated. The structure is compact and has an ultrathin design thickness of similar to 0.1 lambda , in the telecommunication wavelength. The above properties are essential for integration into photonic sensing devices and for compatibility with the CMOS devices.