Optical vector field rotation and switching with near-unity transmission by fully developed chiral photonic crystals [Applied Physical Sciences]

State-of-the-art nanostructured chiral photonic crystals (CPCs), metamaterials, and metasurfaces have shown giant optical rotatory power but are generally passive and beset with large optical losses and with inadequate performance due to limited size/interaction length and narrow operation bandwidth. In this work, we demonstrate by detailed theoretical modeling and experiments that...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Applied Physical Sciences Source Type: research