Title :
Wavelength-Independent Optical Polarizer Based on Metallic Nanowire Arrays
Author :
Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Hu, Haifeng ; Xu, Huina ; Liu, Ke ; Jiang, Suhua ; Cartwright, Alexander N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Abstract :
We propose a design of high-performance wavelength-independent optical polarizer for ultraviolet/visible to terahertz (THz) spectral region based on metallic nanowire (NW) arrays on ultrathin substrates, which can reduce the influence of the substrate material. This NW-based polarizer is anticipated to have far-reaching impact on numerous existing devices including polarimetric imagers in the mid-infrared and THz domains, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imagers, and DVD/CD players.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; optical images; optical polarisers; CMOS imagers; metallic nanowire arrays; polarimetric imagers; terahertz spectral region; ultrathin substrates; wavelength-independent optical polarizer; Coordinate measuring machines; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Substrates; Polarizer; metallic optics; nanomembrane; nanowire;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2173478
