Interferenceless polarization splitting through nanoscale van der Waals heterostructures
The ability to control the polarization of light at the extreme nanoscale has long been a major scientific and technological goal for photonics. Here we predict the phenomenon of polarization splitting through van der Waals heterostructures of nanoscale thickness, such as graphene-hexagonal boron ni...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89693 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46329 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The ability to control the polarization of light at the extreme nanoscale has long been a major scientific and technological goal for photonics. Here we predict the phenomenon of polarization splitting through van der Waals heterostructures of nanoscale thickness, such as graphene-hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures, at infrared frequencies (near 25.35 THz). The underlying mechanism is that the designed heterostructures possess an effective relative permittivity with its in-plane (out-of-plane) component being unity (zero); such heterostructures are transparent to transverse-electric (TE) waves while opaque to transverse-magnetic (TM) waves, without resorting to the interference effect. Moreover, the predicted phenomenon is insensitive to incident angles. Our work thus indicates that van der Waals heterostructures are a promising nanoscale platform for the manipulation of light, such as the design of polarization beam nanosplitters and ε-near-zero materials, and the exploration of superscattering for TM waves and zero scattering for TE waves from deep-subwavelength nanostructures. |
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