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Optimal polarization conversion in coupled dimer plasmonic nanoantennas for metasurfaces

Optimal polarization conversion in coupled dimer plasmonic nanoantennas for metasurfaces
Optimal polarization conversion in coupled dimer plasmonic nanoantennas for metasurfaces
We demonstrate that polarization conversion in coupled dimer antennas, used in phase discontinuity metasurfaces, can be tuned by careful design. By controlling the gap width, a strong variation of the coupling strength and polarization conversion is found between capacitively and conductively coupled antennas. A theoretical two-oscillator model is proposed, which shows a universal scaling of the degree of polarization conversion with the energy splitting of the symmetric and antisymmetric modes supported by the antennas. Using single antenna spectroscopy, we find good agreement for the scaling of mode splitting and polarization conversion with gap width over the range from capacitive to conductive coupling. Next to linear polarization conversion, we demonstrate single-antenna linear to circular polarization conversion. Our results provide strategies for phase-discontinuity metasurfaces and ultracompact polarization optics.
plasmonic nanoantennas, polarization conversion, phase discontinuity, metamaterials, metasurfaces, green's dyadic method
1936-0851
6390-6399
Black, Leo-Jay
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Wang, Yudong
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de Groot, C.H.
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Arbouet, Arnaud
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Muskens, Otto L.
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Wang, Yudong
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de Groot, C.H.
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Arbouet, Arnaud
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Black, Leo-Jay, Wang, Yudong, de Groot, C.H., Arbouet, Arnaud and Muskens, Otto L. (2014) Optimal polarization conversion in coupled dimer plasmonic nanoantennas for metasurfaces. ACS Nano, 8 (6), 6390-6399. (doi:10.1021/nn501889s).

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We demonstrate that polarization conversion in coupled dimer antennas, used in phase discontinuity metasurfaces, can be tuned by careful design. By controlling the gap width, a strong variation of the coupling strength and polarization conversion is found between capacitively and conductively coupled antennas. A theoretical two-oscillator model is proposed, which shows a universal scaling of the degree of polarization conversion with the energy splitting of the symmetric and antisymmetric modes supported by the antennas. Using single antenna spectroscopy, we find good agreement for the scaling of mode splitting and polarization conversion with gap width over the range from capacitive to conductive coupling. Next to linear polarization conversion, we demonstrate single-antenna linear to circular polarization conversion. Our results provide strategies for phase-discontinuity metasurfaces and ultracompact polarization optics.

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Accepted/In Press date: 7 May 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 May 2014
Keywords: plasmonic nanoantennas, polarization conversion, phase discontinuity, metamaterials, metasurfaces, green's dyadic method
Organisations: Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 366970
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366970
ISSN: 1936-0851
PURE UUID: 4e59bf92-cf11-425a-a606-5046a138a376
ORCID for C.H. de Groot: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-7101
ORCID for Otto L. Muskens: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-5504

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Date deposited: 21 Jul 2014 10:09
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:34

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Author: Leo-Jay Black
Author: Yudong Wang
Author: C.H. de Groot ORCID iD
Author: Arnaud Arbouet
Author: Otto L. Muskens ORCID iD

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