Unidirectional Optical Transmission in a Single-Layer Metallic Grating Consisting of Cambered Resonators

Pengwei Xu; Mingsi Zhang; Zongqiang Chen; Jiwei Qi; Jing Chen; Jun Qian; Yudong Li; Qian Sun; Jingjun Xu

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2850321

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2018)

Unidirectional Optical Transmission in a Single-Layer Metallic Grating Consisting of Cambered Resonators

Pengwei Xu,
Mingsi Zhang,
Zongqiang Chen,
Jiwei Qi,
Jing Chen,
Jun Qian,
Yudong Li,
Qian Sun,
Jingjun Xu

Affiliations

Pengwei Xu: ORCiD; MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Mingsi Zhang: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Zongqiang Chen: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Jiwei Qi: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Jing Chen: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Jun Qian: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Yudong Li: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Qian Sun: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Jingjun Xu: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology of Information Science, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2850321
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 1 – 8

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In order to realize unidirectional optical transmission (UOT), a single-layer metallic grating (SMG) consisting of cambered resonators (CRs) is proposed. Numerical simulation results show that the transmittance contrast ratio of the SMG can reach about 5000 with a high unidirectional transmittance of 39%. UOT results from diffraction enhancement or suppression in transmission direction. Diffraction is manipulated by the interference of electromagnetic radiation from local surface plasmons on CRs. Our single-layer structure has sub-100 nm thickness and can be used in ultracompact optical devices to manipulate light transmission.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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