Comparison of the optical properties of metallic and high dielectric 2D metasurfaces

Chiral metasurfaces can transmit one circularly polarized light, while almost completely refuse the opposite handedness. In this project, a comparison of the optical properties of metallic vs high dielectric 2D chiral metasurfaces is made. Firstly, we discuss the general method to fabricate a chiral...

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Autor: González Morote, Víctor
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/377309
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/377309
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:metasurfaces
Nanostructured materials
chiral metamaterial absorbers
high dielectric 2D metasurfaces
metallic 2D metasurfaces
circular dichroism
soft lithography
nanoimprinting
Materials nanoestructurats
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de l'estat sòlid
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Sumario:Chiral metasurfaces can transmit one circularly polarized light, while almost completely refuse the opposite handedness. In this project, a comparison of the optical properties of metallic vs high dielectric 2D chiral metasurfaces is made. Firstly, we discuss the general method to fabricate a chiral metasurface using the scalable technique of nanoimprinting soft lithography. Subsequently, numerical finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations have been performed and compared with the experimentally measured chiroptical response of the nanoimprinted samples. These calculations show that each kind of metasurface presents a particular circular dichroism (CD), as plasmonic metasurfaces present better CD in transmittance due to their higher absorption, whereas the high dielectric materials can potentially generate chiral photoluminescence.