Spiraling Light with Magnetic Metamaterial Quarter-Wave Turbines

Zeng, Jinwei; Luk, Ting S.; Gao, Jie; Yang, Xiaodong

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12143-7

Spiraling Light with Magnetic Metamaterial Quarter-Wave Turbines

Journal Article · Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12143-7· OSTI ID:1624339

^[1]; Luk, Ting S. ^[2]; Gao, Jie ^[3]; ^[3]

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA; DOE/OSTI
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA

Miniaturized quarter-wave plate devices empower spin to orbital angular momentum conversion and vector polarization formation, which serve as bridges connecting conventional optical beam and structured light. Enabling the manipulability of additional dimensions as the complex polarization and phase of light, quarter-wave plate devices are essential for exploring a plethora of applications based on orbital angular momentum or vector polarization, such as optical sensing, holography, and communication. Here we propose and demonstrate the magnetic metamaterial quarter-wave turbines at visible wavelength to produce radially and azimuthally polarized vector vortices from circularly polarized incident beam. The magnetic metamaterials function excellently as quarter-wave plates at single wavelength and maintain the quarter-wave phase retardation in broadband, while the turbine blades consist of multiple polar sections, each of which contains homogeneously oriented magnetic metamaterial gratings near azimuthal or radial directions to effectively convert circular polarization to linear polarization and induce phase shift under Pancharatnum-Berry’s phase principle. The perspective concept of multiple polar sections of magnetic metamaterials can extend to other analogous designs in the strongly coupled nanostructures to accomplish many types of light phase-polarization manipulation and structured light conversion in the desired manner.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Office of Naval Research; National Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1624339

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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