• DocumentCode
    1362267
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1083
  • Lastpage
    1092
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1943-0655
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2173478
  • Filename
    6061909