Magnetic-Electric Metamirror and Polarizing Beam Splitter Composed of Anisotropic Nanoparticles

authored by

Vladimir R. Tuz, Alexei V. Prokhorov, Alexander V. Shesterikov, Valentyn S. Volkov, Boris N. Chichkov, Andrey B. Evlyukhin

Abstract

The emergence of new materials and fabrication techniques provides progress in the development of advanced photonic and communication devices. Transition metal dichalcogenides (e.g., molybdenum disulfide, MoS₂) are novel materials possessing unique physical and chemical properties promising for optical applications. In this paper, a metasurface composed of particles made of bulk MoS₂ is proposed and numerically studied considering its operation in the near-infrared range. In the bulk configuration, MoS₂ has a layered structure being a uniaxial anisotropic crystal demonstrating an optical birefringence property. It is supposed that the large-scale and uniform MoS₂ layers are synthesized in a vertical-standing morphology, and then they are patterned into a regular 2D array of disks to form a metasurface. The natural anisotropy of MoS₂ is utilized to realize the splitting of electric and magnetic dipole modes of the disks while optimizing their geometric parameters to bring the desired modes into overlap. At the corresponding resonant frequencies, the metasurface behaves as either an electric or a magnetic mirror, depending on the polarization of incident light. Based on the extraordinary reflection characteristics of the proposed metasurface, it can be considered an alternative to traditional mirrors and optical splitters when designing compact and highly efficient metadevices, which provide polarization and phase manipulation of electromagnetic waves on a subwavelength scale.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines

External Organisation(s)

International Center of Future Science (ICFS)
Kharkov National University
Emerging Technologies Research Center Dubai

Type

Article

Journal

Annalen der Physik

Volume

535

ISSN

0003-3804

Publication date

08.09.2023

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300111 (Access: Open)