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13 March 2024 Design of metasurface polarizing beam splitters in the infrared
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Proceedings Volume PC12897, High Contrast Metastructures XIII; PC128970M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008366
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Polarization components play a vital role in a variety of consumer products, including displays, AR/VR devices, sensors including LIDAR, as well as in modern photonics systems. Traditional polarizing beam splitters based on birefringent crystals are too bulky and expensive for mass production. Multi-layer polarizing beam-splitting structures are limited to the transparency window of the substrate and the layer stack and often have low radiation resistance. Plasmonic structures, such as wire grid polarizers, are often the only viable choice in the infrared (IR). Multi-layer polarizing beam splitters and wire grid polarizers require folded configurations for their integration into photonics systems. This work provides design and performance optimization details of meta-optics all-dielectric polarization beam splitters for the IR spectral region operating in transmission for both polarization states. Their performance is compared to that of wire grid polarizers designed for the same spectral range, and practical considerations for their manufacturability and system integration are also presented.
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Michael G. Soskind and Yakov Soskind "Design of metasurface polarizing beam splitters in the infrared", Proc. SPIE PC12897, High Contrast Metastructures XIII, PC128970M (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008366
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KEYWORDS
Beam splitters

Design and modelling

Infrared radiation

Polarization

Polarizers

Photonics systems

Sensors

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