Chip-integrated plasmonic flat optics for mid-infrared full-Stokes polarization detection

Jing Bai; Chu Wang; Xiahui Chen; Ali Basiri; Chao Wang; Yu Yao

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001051

Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (9): 09001051, Published Online: Aug. 21, 2019

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Jing Bai ^1,2Chu Wang ^1,2Xiahui Chen ^1,2Ali Basiri ^1,2Chao Wang ^1,2,3Yu Yao ^1,2,*

Author Affiliations

¹ School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA

² Center for Photonic Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA

³ Biodesign Center for Molecular Design & Biomimetics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA

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Fig. 1. Mid-IR full-Stokes polarization detection. (a) Schematic of the device design with seven cells for direct Stokes parameter measurement. P0 is the reference cell to measure the total light intensity. P1–P4 cells are LP filters to filter linearly polarized light with the electric field vector oriented at different angles with respect to the x-axis, i.e., LP=0°, 90°, −45°, and 45°. P5–P6 cells are RCP and LCP filters, respectively. The inset shows the schematic of the LCP filter. On the Poincaré sphere (right panel), S indicates an arbitrary polarization state. (b) Schematic of the RCP filter consisting of a top metasurface QWP and an underneath nanograting LP filter. (c) The working principle of the RCP filter. The metasurface QWP converts the incident RCP (LCP) light to LP light, which is selectively transmitted (blocked) by the nanograting LP filter. (d) Schematic of the chip-integrated LCP filter with similar structure to the RCP filter. (e) The working principle of the LCP filter. The metasurface QWP converts the incident LCP (RCP) light to LP light, which is selectively transmitted (blocked) by the nanograting LP filter.

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Fig. 2. Circular polarization filter design. (a) A schematic of the RCP filter. (b) Calculated amplitude and phase difference of electric field components of the transmitted light along two orthogonal arms of the crossbar metasurface (thickness 40 nm). The design parameters are as follows: L1=1.55 μm, L2=1.04 μm, Px=1.24 μm, Py=1.68 μm, and W=140 nm. (c) Transmission spectra of nanogratings for input light polarized perpendicularly (black solid line, polarization along 45° to the x-axis, i.e., the u-axis in the inset) or parallel (red solid line, along −45° to x-axis, i.e., v-axis in the inset) to the nanogratings (thickness 120 nm, period 200 nm, and duty cycle 50%) and the corresponding linear polarization extinction ratio (blue dashed line). (d) Transmission spectra of LCP (black) and RCP (red) light through the RCP polarization filter. The inset shows that RCP input is transmitted but LCP input is blocked. The design parameters for the crossbar antenna are as follows: L1=1.55 μm, L2=1.17 μm, Px=1.343 μm, Py=2.015 μm, and W=140 nm. The thickness of the oxide spacer layer is 350 nm. The nanogratings have the same design parameters as those in (c).

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Fig. 3. Circular polarization filter performance and wavelength engineering. (a) The extinction ratio of an RCP filter (rCP=TRCP/TLCP) designed at wavelength ∼3.8 μm. Same design dimensions as Fig. 2(d). (b) Operation wavelength engineering of the CPL filters with different antenna length L1. The solid blue line is a linear fit of the data points (black squares) obtained with full-wave simulation (FDTD). More detailed information about the design parameters and simulation results is provided in Appendix B.

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Fig. 4. Device fabrication process. (a) Major steps in device fabrication of CP polarization filter: (1) nanograting patterning on a sapphire substrate, (2) SiO_x deposition by sputtering, and (3) crossbar antenna patterning. (b) An SEM image of nanogratings before SiO_x deposition. (c) Top panel: an AFM image of a nanograting covered by SiO_x. Bottom panel: the height profile along the white dashed line in the AFM image. (d) An SEM image of a fabricated mid-IR RCP filter.

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Fig. 5. Experimental setup and measurement results of CP filters. (a) A schematic of the measurement setup for CP filter characterization. (b) Transmission spectra for a mid-IR RCP filter with RCP (red) and LCP (black) input. (c) The extracted CPER (rCP=TRCP/TLCP) for the RCP filter designed for an operation wavelength around 4 μm.

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Fig. 6. Full-Stokes polarization measurements. (a) Schematic of the measurement setup. Unpolarized light from the FTIR is converted to polarized light with an arbitrary polarization state by adjusting the orientation of the standalone linear polarizer and the QWP. Then the light is transmitted through our device placed on a motorized stage and finally collected by the detector. (b)–(d) Polar plots and ellipse plots for polarization states A, C, and D in (e) (black circle: measured from polarization analyzer; red solid: measured from our Stokes parameter detector). (e) Measured Stokes parameters for nine polarization states (black circles: polarization states of input light; red squares: measured results with our device).

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Fig. 7. Phase difference of the transmitted light along two orthogonal arms of the QWP metasurface with the length of the longer arm, L1=700, 900, 1045, 1160, 1300, 1360, 1500, and 1620 nm. Other design parameters are scaled accordingly.

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Fig. 8. Geometric dimensions of the metasurface QWP with working wavelengths covering from NIR to MIR. L1 is the length of the longer arm along the y-axis, and L2 is the length of the shorter arm along the x-axis. Px is the period in the x-direction and Py is the period in the y-direction.

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Fig. 9. Extinction ratio (rCP=TLCP/TRCP) for six LCP filters mentioned in Fig. 3(b). The other design parameters of the cross-bar antennas are as follows: L2=0.42, 0.58, 0.73, 0.82, 0.9, and 1.17 μm; and W=100, 100, 112, 127, 140, and 140 nm. The nanogratings have the same design parameters as those in Fig. 2(c). The thickness of the oxide spacer is 220 nm for the device at 1.6 μm and 350 nm for all the other designs.

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Fig. 10. CPER for LCP filters with various spacer layer thicknesses. The other design parameters are the same as those used for the structure in Fig. 2(d).

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Fig. 11. (a) Schematic for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along the y-axis. (b) CPER (rCP=TLCP/TRCP) for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along y-axis. The other design parameters are the same as those in Fig. 2(d).

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Fig. 12. (a) Microscope image of the CPL filter (160 μm×160 μm) without an aperture. (b) Microscope image of the CPL filter with an input aperture (100 μm in diameter) and an aperture at the image plane (50 μm×50 μm).

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Fig. 13. Stokes parameters measurement results for four polarization states, which correspond to the data points B, F, G, and H in Fig. 6(e). Black circles: measured with PA; red solid line: measured with our device. Blue arrows indicate the handedness of the polarization state.

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Jing Bai, Chu Wang, Xiahui Chen, Ali Basiri, Chao Wang, Yu Yao. Chip-integrated plasmonic flat optics for mid-infrared full-Stokes polarization detection[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(9): 09001051.

Chip-integrated plasmonic flat optics for mid-infrared full-Stokes polarization detection Download： 743次

Fig. 7. Phase difference of the transmitted light along two orthogonal arms of the QWP metasurface with the length of the longer arm, L1=700, 900, 1045, 1160, 1300, 1360, 1500, and 1620 nm. Other design parameters are scaled accordingly.

Fig. 8. Geometric dimensions of the metasurface QWP with working wavelengths covering from NIR to MIR. L1 is the length of the longer arm along the y-axis, and L2 is the length of the shorter arm along the x-axis. Px is the period in the x-direction and Py is the period in the y-direction.

Fig. 10. CPER for LCP filters with various spacer layer thicknesses. The other design parameters are the same as those used for the structure in Fig. 2(d).

Fig. 11. (a) Schematic for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along the y-axis. (b) CPER (rCP=TLCP/TRCP) for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along y-axis. The other design parameters are the same as those in Fig. 2(d).

Fig. 12. (a) Microscope image of the CPL filter (160 μm×160 μm) without an aperture. (b) Microscope image of the CPL filter with an input aperture (100 μm in diameter) and an aperture at the image plane (50 μm×50 μm).

Fig. 13. Stokes parameters measurement results for four polarization states, which correspond to the data points B, F, G, and H in Fig. 6(e). Black circles: measured with PA; red solid line: measured with our device. Blue arrows indicate the handedness of the polarization state.

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Fig. 7. Phase difference of the transmitted light along two orthogonal arms of the QWP metasurface with the length of the longer arm, L1=700, 900, 1045, 1160, 1300, 1360, 1500, and 1620 nm. Other design parameters are scaled accordingly.

Fig. 8. Geometric dimensions of the metasurface QWP with working wavelengths covering from NIR to MIR. L1 is the length of the longer arm along the y-axis, and L2 is the length of the shorter arm along the x-axis. Px is the period in the x-direction and Py is the period in the y-direction.

Fig. 10. CPER for LCP filters with various spacer layer thicknesses. The other design parameters are the same as those used for the structure in Fig. 2(d).

Fig. 11. (a) Schematic for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along the y-axis. (b) CPER (rCP=TLCP/TRCP) for the MIR LCP filter with 0–200 nm lateral displacement along y-axis. The other design parameters are the same as those in Fig. 2(d).

Fig. 12. (a) Microscope image of the CPL filter (160 μm×160 μm) without an aperture. (b) Microscope image of the CPL filter with an input aperture (100 μm in diameter) and an aperture at the image plane (50 μm×50 μm).

Fig. 13. Stokes parameters measurement results for four polarization states, which correspond to the data points B, F, G, and H in Fig. 6(e). Black circles: measured with PA; red solid line: measured with our device. Blue arrows indicate the handedness of the polarization state.

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