title: Broadband infrared meanderline reflective quarter-wave plate.
abstract: We present a novel reflective quarter-wave plate comprised of subwavelength meanderline elements. The device is operational over the long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectrum, with significant spectral and angular bandwidths. Power reflection is approximately 70% over the majority of the LWIR. Efficient conversion from a 45° linear polarization state into circular polarization is demonstrated from finite-element electromagnetic simulations and from broadband polarimetric measurements.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida, CREOL – The College of Optics and Photonics, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, USA. swadswor@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: Glenn D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Boreman