Polarized light in nanogradient metamaterials

A. I. Kuzmichev; A. B. Shvartsburg; O. D. Volpian; Yu. A. Obod; P. P. Yakovlev

doi:10.1117/12.898653

30 September 2011 Polarized light in nanogradient metamaterials

A. I. Kuzmichev, A. B. Shvartsburg, O. D. Volpian, Yu. A. Obod, P. P. Yakovlev

Proceedings Volume 8172, Optical Complex Systems: OCS11; 81720K (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.898653
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2011, Marseille, France

Abstract

Propagation and tunneling of polarized light through gradient nanophotonic barriers, formed by continuous distributions of dielectric susceptibility ε(z) across the films, fabricated from dielectrics without free carriers, are considered. The decisive influence of giant artificial heterogeneity - induced non -local dispersion, both normal and abnormal, stipulated by the gradient and curvature of distribution ε(z), is shown to provide the polarization - dependent tunneling of radiation in any spectral range in need. New trends in technology of sputtering of gradient silicon films of controlled distribution of ε(z) on the substrate are developed, and the parameters of films, fabricated by means of these technologies, are measured. Special methods for polarimetric testing of gradient dielectric nanofilms, based on new exact analytical solutions of Maxwell equations for inclined incidence of polarized waves, are presented. New types of dispersive elements for photonic crystals, based on polarization effects in gradient dielectric nanofilms, including, e.g., mode selectors, miniaturized phase shifters and large angle polarizers, are discussed.

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A. I. Kuzmichev, A. B. Shvartsburg, O. D. Volpian, Yu. A. Obod, and P. P. Yakovlev "Polarized light in nanogradient metamaterials", Proc. SPIE 8172, Optical Complex Systems: OCS11, 81720K (30 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.898653

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