Full conversion of unpolarized to fixed-polarization light with topology optimized metasurfaces
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| author | Li, Neuton Lung, Shaun Zhang, Jihua Neshev, Dragomir N. Sukhorukov, Andrey A. |
| author_facet | Li, Neuton Lung, Shaun Zhang, Jihua Neshev, Dragomir N. Sukhorukov, Andrey A. |
| contents | Conventional polarizers and polarization beam splitters have a fundamental limit of 50\% efficiency when converting unpolarized light into one specific polarization. Here, we overcome this restriction and achieve near-complete conversion of unpolarized light to a single pure polarization state at several outputs of topology-optimized metasurfaces. Our fabricated metasurface achieves an extinction ratio approaching 100, when characterized with laboratory measurements. We further demonstrate that arbitrary power splitting can be achieved between three or more polarized outputs, offering flexibility in target illumination. Our results provide a path toward greatly improving the efficiency of common unpolarized light sources in a variety of applications requiring pure polarizations. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Full conversion of unpolarized to fixed-polarization light with topology optimized metasurfaces Li, Neuton Lung, Shaun Zhang, Jihua Neshev, Dragomir N. Sukhorukov, Andrey A. Optics Conventional polarizers and polarization beam splitters have a fundamental limit of 50\% efficiency when converting unpolarized light into one specific polarization. Here, we overcome this restriction and achieve near-complete conversion of unpolarized light to a single pure polarization state at several outputs of topology-optimized metasurfaces. Our fabricated metasurface achieves an extinction ratio approaching 100, when characterized with laboratory measurements. We further demonstrate that arbitrary power splitting can be achieved between three or more polarized outputs, offering flexibility in target illumination. Our results provide a path toward greatly improving the efficiency of common unpolarized light sources in a variety of applications requiring pure polarizations. |
| title | Full conversion of unpolarized to fixed-polarization light with topology optimized metasurfaces |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14341 |