Metallic nanostructures offer efficient solutions in polarization control with a very low thickness. In this report, we investigate the optical properties of a nano-fabricated plasmonic pseudo-depolarizer using Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry in transmission configuration. The depolarizer is composed of 256 square cells, each containing a periodically corrugated metallic film with random orientation. The full Mueller matrix was analyzed as a function of incident angle in a range between 0 and 20° and over the whole rotation angle range. Depolarization could be achieved in two visible wavelength regions around the short-range and long-range surface plasmon polariton frequencies, respectively. Furthermore, depolarization for circularly polarized light was 2.5 times stronger than that for linearly polarized light. Our results could work as a guidance for realizing a broadband high efficiency dielectric metasurface depolarizers.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Fu:16
%A Fu, Liwei
%A Berrier, Audrey
%A Li, Huiyu
%A Schau, Philipp
%A Frenner, Karsten
%A Dressel, Martin
%A Osten, Wolfgang
%D 2016
%I OSA
%J Opt. Express
%K depolarization meander metasurface plasmonic
%N 24
%P 28056-28064
%R 10.1364/OE.24.028056
%T Depolarization of a randomly distributed plasmonic meander metasurface characterized by Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry
%U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-24-24-28056
%V 24
%X Metallic nanostructures offer efficient solutions in polarization control with a very low thickness. In this report, we investigate the optical properties of a nano-fabricated plasmonic pseudo-depolarizer using Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry in transmission configuration. The depolarizer is composed of 256 square cells, each containing a periodically corrugated metallic film with random orientation. The full Mueller matrix was analyzed as a function of incident angle in a range between 0 and 20° and over the whole rotation angle range. Depolarization could be achieved in two visible wavelength regions around the short-range and long-range surface plasmon polariton frequencies, respectively. Furthermore, depolarization for circularly polarized light was 2.5 times stronger than that for linearly polarized light. Our results could work as a guidance for realizing a broadband high efficiency dielectric metasurface depolarizers.
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abstract = {Metallic nanostructures offer efficient solutions in polarization control with a very low thickness. In this report, we investigate the optical properties of a nano-fabricated plasmonic pseudo-depolarizer using Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry in transmission configuration. The depolarizer is composed of 256 square cells, each containing a periodically corrugated metallic film with random orientation. The full Mueller matrix was analyzed as a function of incident angle in a range between 0 and 20{\textdegree} and over the whole rotation angle range. Depolarization could be achieved in two visible wavelength regions around the short-range and long-range surface plasmon polariton frequencies, respectively. Furthermore, depolarization for circularly polarized light was 2.5 times stronger than that for linearly polarized light. Our results could work as a guidance for realizing a broadband high efficiency dielectric metasurface depolarizers.},
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author = {Fu, Liwei and Berrier, Audrey and Li, Huiyu and Schau, Philipp and Frenner, Karsten and Dressel, Martin and Osten, Wolfgang},
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journal = {Opt. Express},
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pages = {28056-28064},
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timestamp = {2019-02-25T10:48:30.000+0100},
title = {Depolarization of a randomly distributed plasmonic meander metasurface characterized by Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry},
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