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| author | Johns, Ben Kempf, Hannes Das, Lakshmi De Andrés, Aitor Maccaferri, Nicolò |
| author_facet | Johns, Ben Kempf, Hannes Das, Lakshmi De Andrés, Aitor Maccaferri, Nicolò |
| contents | Near-zero-refractive index materials display unique optical properties such as perfect transmission through distorted waveguides, cloaking, and inhibited diffraction. Compared to conventional media, they can fundamentally behave differently to light impinging from air, owing to the phenomenon of total external reflection. This makes them attractive for evanescent wave phenomena without prism coupling or sub-wavelength air gaps. Here, we introduce a strategy for linear-to-circular polarization conversion based on this effect. Practically realizable device designs are presented using hybrid structures of near-zero index and high index materials in a simple planar geometry. Our results predict polarization conversion in both reflection and transmission configurations based on naturally available epsilon-near-zero materials and illustrate the role of loss in limiting performance. Although the operation wavelength is limited to the epsilon-near-zero region, the concept can be implemented from the terahertz to optical domains using tunable epsilon-near-zero materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Polarization conversion using hybrid near-zero and high-index metamaterials Johns, Ben Kempf, Hannes Das, Lakshmi De Andrés, Aitor Maccaferri, Nicolò Optics Near-zero-refractive index materials display unique optical properties such as perfect transmission through distorted waveguides, cloaking, and inhibited diffraction. Compared to conventional media, they can fundamentally behave differently to light impinging from air, owing to the phenomenon of total external reflection. This makes them attractive for evanescent wave phenomena without prism coupling or sub-wavelength air gaps. Here, we introduce a strategy for linear-to-circular polarization conversion based on this effect. Practically realizable device designs are presented using hybrid structures of near-zero index and high index materials in a simple planar geometry. Our results predict polarization conversion in both reflection and transmission configurations based on naturally available epsilon-near-zero materials and illustrate the role of loss in limiting performance. Although the operation wavelength is limited to the epsilon-near-zero region, the concept can be implemented from the terahertz to optical domains using tunable epsilon-near-zero materials. |
| title | Polarization conversion using hybrid near-zero and high-index metamaterials |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03626 |