Nonreciprocal metasurfaces with epsilon-near-zero materials
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| author | Mathew, Albert Aschwanden, Rebecca Tripathi, Aditya Jangid, Piyush Sain, Basudeb Zentgraf, Thomas Kruk, Sergey |
| author_facet | Mathew, Albert Aschwanden, Rebecca Tripathi, Aditya Jangid, Piyush Sain, Basudeb Zentgraf, Thomas Kruk, Sergey |
| contents | Nonreciprocal optics enables asymmetric transmission of light when its sources and detectors are exchanged. A canonical example -- optical isolator -- enables light propagation in only one direction, similar to how electrical diodes enable unidirectional flow of electric current. Nonreciprocal optics today, unlike nonreciprocal electronics, remains bulky. Recently, nonlinear metasurfaces opened up a pathway to strong optical nonreciprocity at the nanoscale. However, demonstrations to date were based on optically slow nonlinearities involving thermal effects or phase transition materials. In this work, we demonstrate a nonreciprocal metasurface with an ultra-fast optical response based on indium tin oxide in its epsilon-near-zero regime. It operates in the spectral range of 1200-1300 nm with incident power densities of 40-70 GW/cm$^2$. Furthermore, the nonreciprocity of the metasurface extends to both amplitude and phase of the forward/backward transmission opening a pathway to nonreciprocal wavefront control at the nanoscale. |
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| spellingShingle | Nonreciprocal metasurfaces with epsilon-near-zero materials Mathew, Albert Aschwanden, Rebecca Tripathi, Aditya Jangid, Piyush Sain, Basudeb Zentgraf, Thomas Kruk, Sergey Optics Applied Physics Nonreciprocal optics enables asymmetric transmission of light when its sources and detectors are exchanged. A canonical example -- optical isolator -- enables light propagation in only one direction, similar to how electrical diodes enable unidirectional flow of electric current. Nonreciprocal optics today, unlike nonreciprocal electronics, remains bulky. Recently, nonlinear metasurfaces opened up a pathway to strong optical nonreciprocity at the nanoscale. However, demonstrations to date were based on optically slow nonlinearities involving thermal effects or phase transition materials. In this work, we demonstrate a nonreciprocal metasurface with an ultra-fast optical response based on indium tin oxide in its epsilon-near-zero regime. It operates in the spectral range of 1200-1300 nm with incident power densities of 40-70 GW/cm$^2$. Furthermore, the nonreciprocity of the metasurface extends to both amplitude and phase of the forward/backward transmission opening a pathway to nonreciprocal wavefront control at the nanoscale. |
| title | Nonreciprocal metasurfaces with epsilon-near-zero materials |
| topic | Optics Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11920 |