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Miniature chiral beamsplitter based on gyroid photonic crystals

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Turner, Mark D., Saba, Matthias, Zhang, Qiming, Cumming, Benjamin P., Schröder-Turk, Gerd E., Gu, Min·2013·Nature Photonics
DOI 10.1038/nphoton.2013.233
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The linearly polarizing beamsplitter1,2 is a widely used optical component in photonics. It is typically built from a linearly birefringent crystal such as calcite, which has different critical reflection angles for s- and p-polarized light3, leading to the transmission of one linear polarization and angled reflection of the other. However, the analogue for splitting circularly polarized light has yet to be demonstrated due to a lack of natural materials with sufficient circular birefringence. Here, we present a nano-engineered photonic-crystal chiral beamsplitter that fulfils this task. It consists of a prism featuring a nanoscale chiral gyroid network4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and can separate left- and right-handed circularly polarized light in the wavelength region around 1.615 µm. The structure is fabricated using a galvo-dithered direct laser writing method and could become a useful component for developing integrated photonic circuits that provide a new form of polarization control. A chip-compatible beamsplitter that can separate left- and right-handed circularly polarized light is promising for constructing more sophisticated integrated optical circuits. The prism-shaped device, which operates around the telecommunication wavelength of 1.5 μm, consists of a photonic crystal composed of an array of helical structures.

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Authors
Turner, M. D., Saba, M., Zhang, Q., Cumming, B. P., Schröder-Turk, G. E., & Gu, M.
Venue
Nature Photonics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2013-09-01
Volume
7
Issue
10
Pages
801-805
ISSN
  • 1749-4885 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-4893
DOI
10.1038/nphoton.2013.233
OpenAlex
W2046412691
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342
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FWCI
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
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