Bilayer Metasurfaces for Dual- and Broadband Optical Antireflection

Huang, Li; Chang, Chun-Chieh; Zeng, Beibei; Nogan, John; Luo, Sheng-Nian; Taylor, Antoinette J.; Azad, Abul K.; Chen, Hou-Tong

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00471

Bilayer Metasurfaces for Dual- and Broadband Optical Antireflection

Journal Article · Wed Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00471· OSTI ID:1406223

Huang, Li ^[1]; ^[2]; Zeng, Beibei ^[2]; Nogan, John ^[3]; ^[4]; Taylor, Antoinette J. ^[5]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Harbin Inst. of Technology (China). Physics Dept.
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Optical antireflection has long been pursued for a wide range of applications, but existing approaches encounter issues in the performance, bandwidth, and structure complexity, particularly in the long-wavelength infrared regime. Here we present the demonstration of bilayer metasurfaces that accomplish dual- and broadband optical antireflection in the terahertz and mid-infrared spectral ranges. Furthermore, by simply tailoring the structural geometry and dimensions, here we show that subwavelength metal/dielectric structures enable dramatic reduction of Fresnel reflection and significant enhancement of transmission at a substrate surface, operating either at two discrete narrow bands or over a broad bandwidth up to 28%. We also use a semianalytical interference model to interpret the obtained results, in which we find that the dispersion of the constituent structures plays a critical role in achieving the observed broadband optical antireflection.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1406223

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-23975

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Journal Name: ACS Photonics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 4; ISSN 2330-4022

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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