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Ultra-High-Efficiency Anomalous Refraction with Dielectric Metasurfaces

Sell, David, Yang, Jianji, Wang, Evan W., Phan, Thaibao, Doshay, Sage, Fan, Jonathan A.·2018·ACS Photonics

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Anomalous refraction is a form of extreme waveform manipulation that can be realized with artificially structured nanomaterials, such as metamaterials or metasurfaces. While this phenomenon has been previously demonstrated for select input and output angles, its generalization to arbitrary angles with high efficiencies remains a challenge. In this study, we show that periodic dielectric metasurfaces can support ultra-high-efficiency anomalous refraction for nearly arbitrary combinations of incident and outgoing angles (>90% efficiency for angles up to 50°). Both polarization-dependent and polarization-independent device configurations can be realized, and the achieved metrics exceed the capabilities of conventional metasurfaces by a large margin. Many of the devices studied here utilize dielectric nanostructures that support strong near-field optical interactions with neighboring structures and complex optical mode dynamics. We envision that these concepts can be integrated with practical applications in optical communications, spectroscopy, and laser optics.

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  • Topology optimization has been used to design photonic crystals, integrated photonics devices, and metamaterials with superior performance metrics than those based on conventional designs.

    “This technique has been used to design photonic crystals [15], integrated photonics devices [16,17], and metamaterials [18–24] with superior performance metrics than those based on conventional designs.”

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Authors
Sell, D., Yang, J., Wang, E. W., Phan, T., Doshay, S., & Fan, J. A.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
Fan, Jonathan A.
Venue
ACS Photonics
Published
2018-03-15
Volume
5
Issue
6
Pages
2402-2407
ISSN
2330-4022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2791488340
Cited by
120
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 6
FWCI
4.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
ACS Photonics (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research (N00014-16-1-2630)
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Keywords
anomalous refraction, dielectric metasurfaces, polarization-dependent metasurface, polarization-independent metasurface, periodic nanostructures, metamaterials

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