title: Gold helix photonic metamaterial as broadband circular polarizer.
abstract: We investigated propagation of light through a uniaxial photonic metamaterial composed of three-dimensional gold helices arranged on a two-dimensional square lattice. These nanostructures are fabricated via an approach based on direct laser writing into a positive-tone photoresist followed by electrochemical deposition of gold. For propagation of light along the helix axis, the structure blocks the circular polarization with the same handedness as the helices, whereas it transmits the other, for a frequency range exceeding one octave. The structure is scalable to other frequency ranges and can be used as a compact broadband circular polarizer.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Physik and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. Justyna.Gansel@physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
authors.forename: Justyna K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gansel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rill
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bade
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saile
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Freymann
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wegener