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Break Through the Limitation of Malus' Law with Plasmonic Polarizers
Author(s) -
Huang Chengping,
Wang Qianjin,
Yin Xiaogang,
Zhang Yong,
Li Jiaqi,
Zhu Yongyuan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201400111
Subject(s) - polarizer , materials science , plasmon , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , malus , optoelectronics , physics , ecology , birefringence , biology , chemistry
Conventionally, light cannot pass through a pair of orthogonal linear polarizers . This limitation set by the law of Malus may be removed plasmonically. With a pair of specially designed orthogonal plasmonic polarizers, both high transmission and 90‐degree polarization conversion are suggested. The experimental demonstration of such an effect is also presented in both optical and microwave regimes.