title: Dual-polarity metamaterial circular polarizer based on giant extrinsic chirality.
abstract: Chirality is ubiquitous in nature. The associated optical activity has received much attention due to important applications in spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, crystallography and optics, however, artificial chiral optical materials are complex and difficult to fabricate, especially in the optical range. Here, we propose an ultrathin dual-polarity metamaterial circular polarizer by exploiting the mechanism of giant extrinsic chirality. The polarity of the circular polarizer with large suppression of linear anisotropy can be switched by changing the sign of incident angle. The microwave experiments and optical simulations demonstrate that the large angle of incidence facilitates the high-efficiency circular polarizer, which can be realized in the whole spectra from microwave to visible frequencies. The ultrathin single-layer metamaterials with extrinsic chirality will be a promising candidate for circular polarization devices.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Q C
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of In-Fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cui