Open AccessAn efficient broadband metamaterial wave retarder
Author(s) -
Jessie Yao Chin,
Jonah N. Gollub,
Jack J. Mock,
Ruopeng Liu,
Cameron Harrison,
David R. Smith,
Tie Jun Cui
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.007640
Subject(s) - metamaterial , broadband , retarder , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , electromagnetic radiation , transformation optics , linear polarization , physics , anisotropy , metamaterial absorber , materials science , tunable metamaterials , laser , chemistry , composite material
Metamaterials with anisotropic electromagnetic properties have the capability to manipulate the polarization states of electromagnetic waves. We describe a method to design a broadband, low-loss wave retarder with graded constitutive parameter distributions based on non-resonant metamaterial elements. A structured metamaterial half-wave retarder that converts one linear polarization to its cross polarization is designed and its performance is characterized experimentally.