Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials
Abstract
It was discovered in the 19th century, the Brewster effect is known to occur for transverse-magnetic waves in regular optical dielectrics; however, it is believed to arise for transverse-electric (TE) waves only in systems with magnetic responses, i.e., nonunity effective relative permeability. This paper introduces a scheme to realize the TE Brewster effect in a homogeneous dielectric interface without magnetic responses, by adding ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene. In particular, the effect remains even for waves approaching normal incidence, spanning from terahertz to visible frequencies. In contrast to the conventional Brewster effect, the graphene-assisted TE Brewster effect is asymmetric, and can be achieved only when the incidence is from the higher-refractive-index side. Moreover, graphene layers can tailor a total-internal-reflection dielectric interface into zero reflection, accompanied by perfect absorption. This control over TE waves enabled by ultrathin 2D materials may lead to a variety of applications, such as atomically thin absorbers, polarizers, and antireflection coating.
- Authors:
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- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1388439
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1298337
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577; DESC0001299
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 2; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; solar (photovoltaic); solar (thermal); solid state lighting; phonons; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric; defects; mechanical behavior; charge transport; spin dynamics; materials and chemistry by design; optics; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing)
Citation Formats
Lin, Xiao, Shen, Yichen, Kaminer, Ido, Chen, Hongsheng, and Soljačić, Marin. Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836.
Lin, Xiao, Shen, Yichen, Kaminer, Ido, Chen, Hongsheng, & Soljačić, Marin. Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836
Lin, Xiao, Shen, Yichen, Kaminer, Ido, Chen, Hongsheng, and Soljačić, Marin. 2016.
"Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1388439.
@article{osti_1388439,
title = {Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials},
author = {Lin, Xiao and Shen, Yichen and Kaminer, Ido and Chen, Hongsheng and Soljačić, Marin},
abstractNote = {It was discovered in the 19th century, the Brewster effect is known to occur for transverse-magnetic waves in regular optical dielectrics; however, it is believed to arise for transverse-electric (TE) waves only in systems with magnetic responses, i.e., nonunity effective relative permeability. This paper introduces a scheme to realize the TE Brewster effect in a homogeneous dielectric interface without magnetic responses, by adding ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene. In particular, the effect remains even for waves approaching normal incidence, spanning from terahertz to visible frequencies. In contrast to the conventional Brewster effect, the graphene-assisted TE Brewster effect is asymmetric, and can be achieved only when the incidence is from the higher-refractive-index side. Moreover, graphene layers can tailor a total-internal-reflection dielectric interface into zero reflection, accompanied by perfect absorption. This control over TE waves enabled by ultrathin 2D materials may lead to a variety of applications, such as atomically thin absorbers, polarizers, and antireflection coating.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1388439},
journal = {Physical Review A},
issn = {2469-9926},
number = 2,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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