Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials

Lin, Xiao; Shen, Yichen; Kaminer, Ido; Chen, Hongsheng; Soljačić, Marin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836

Title: Transverse-electric Brewster effect enabled by nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials

Journal Article · Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023836· OSTI ID:1388439

Lin, Xiao ^[1]; Shen, Yichen ^[2]; Kaminer, Ido ^[2]; Chen, Hongsheng ^[3]; Soljačić, Marin ^[2]

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)

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.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577; DESC0001299

OSTI ID:: 1388439

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1298337

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 94, Issue 2; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; ISSN 2469-9926

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