Publication Date:
2018-09-15
Description:
Author(s): Shahnawaz Shah, Xiao Lin, Lian Shen, Maturi Renuka, Baile Zhang, and Hongsheng Chen Controlling the polarization of light at the extreme nanoscale has long been a major scientific and technological goal of nanophotonics. The authors discuss polarization splitting through ultrathin van der Waals heterostructures in the infrared regime, relying on a mechanism that does not resort to the interference effect. Moreover, the predicted phenomenon is insensitive to the angle of incidence. This work thus identifies a promising platform for tailoring light-matter interaction at the nanoscale, and for the design of advanced nanophotonic elements, such as polarization beam splitters and epsilon-near-zero materials. [Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 034025] Published Fri Sep 14, 2018
Electronic ISSN:
2331-7019
Topics:
Physics