Asymmetric Transmission of Linearly Polarized Light at Optical Metamaterials

被引：622

作者：

Menzel, C. ^{[1
]}

Helgert, C. ^{[2
]}

Rockstuhl, C. ^{[1
]}

Kley, E. -B. ^{[2
]}

Tuennermann, A. ^{[2
]}

Pertsch, T. ^{[2
]}

Lederer, F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Jena, Inst Condensed Matter Theory & Solid State Opt, D-07743 Jena, Germany

[2] Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2010年 / 104卷 / 25期

关键词：

CHIRALITY;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.253902

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We experimentally demonstrate a three-dimensional chiral optical metamaterial that exhibits an asymmetric transmission for forwardly and backwardly propagating linearly polarized light. The observation of this novel effect requires a metamaterial composed of three-dimensional chiral meta-atoms without any rotational symmetry. Our analysis is supported by a systematic investigation of the transmission matrices for arbitrarily complex, generally lossy media that allows deriving a simple criterion for asymmetric transmission in an arbitrary polarization base. Contrary to physical intuition, in general the polarization eigenstates in such three-dimensional and low-symmetry metamaterials do not obey fixed relations and the associated transmission matrices cannot be symmetrized.

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