Open AccessWavelength-Independent Optical Polarizer Based on Metallic Nanowire Arrays
Author(s) -
Qiaoqiang Gan,
Haifeng Hu,
Huina Xu,
Ke Liu,
Suhua Jiang,
Alexander N. Cartwright
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ieee photonics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1943-0655
pISSN - 1943-0647
DOI - 10.1109/jphot.2011.2173478
Subject(s) - engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , photonics and electrooptics
We propose a design of high-performance wavelength-independent optical polarizer for ultraviolet/visible to terahertz (THz) spectral region based on metallic nanowire (NW) arrays on ultrathin substrates, which can reduce the influence of the substrate material. This NW-based polarizer is anticipated to have far-reaching impact on numerous existing devices including polarimetric imagers in the mid-infrared and THz domains, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imagers, and DVD/CD players.