Title :
Separating left- from right-circularly polarized light with a dielectric metamaterial
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Crozier, Kenneth B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a dielectric metamaterial comprising silicon nanofins on a glass substrate. Left- and right-circularly polarized beams incident upon the device are deflected into different directions. Our approach avoids the efficiency issues of plasmonics.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical metamaterials; plasmonics; silicon; dielectric metamaterial; glass substrate; left circularly polarized light; plasmonics; right circularly polarized light; silicon nanofins; Dielectrics; Measurement by laser beam; Metamaterials; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Plasmons; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
