Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2008-10-31
Physics
Optics
14 pages, 9 figures, and 5 movies available at http://physics.bu.edu/averittlab/
Scientific paper
10.1364/OE.17.000136
We have fabricated a quarter-wave plate from a single layer birefringent metamaterial. For comparison, an appropriately scaled double layer meanderline structure was fabricated. At the design frequency of 639 GHz, the metamaterial structure achieves 99.9% circular polarization while the meanderline achieves 99.6%. The meanderline displays a larger bandwidth of operation, attaining over 99% circular polarization from 615 - 743 GHz, while the metamaterial achieves 99% from 626 - 660 GHz. However, both are broad enough for use with CW sources making metamaterials a more attractive choice due to the ease of fabrication. Both samples are free standing with a total thickness of 70um for the meanderline structure and a mere 20um for the metamaterial highlighting the large degree of birefringence exhibited with metamaterial structures.
Averitt Richard D.
Fan Kebin
Pilon Daniel V.
Strikwerda Andrew C.
Tao Hu
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