Wide-Angle Polarization-Controllable Structure Color Based on Metamaterial Resonators With Polarized Multiband Absorption Peaks

The polarization-controllable structure color has been theoretically designed by utilizing metamaterial resonators with polarization-dependent multiband absorption peaks. Our designed nanostructure, consisting of the periodic circle and ellipse resonators, shows above 80% reflectivity fro...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhao, Han Liu, Zhihong He, Shikui Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8334405/
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Summary:The polarization-controllable structure color has been theoretically designed by utilizing metamaterial resonators with polarization-dependent multiband absorption peaks. Our designed nanostructure, consisting of the periodic circle and ellipse resonators, shows above 80&#x0025; reflectivity from 502 to 553&#x00A0;nm (the green structure color) for TE-polarized incident white light, but above 80&#x0025; reflectivity from 610 to 750&#x00A0;nm (the red structure color) for TM-polarized incident white light. Therefore, the structure colors gradually change from green to red when the polarization angles increasing from 0&#x00B0; (TE) to 90&#x00B0; (TM). The polarization-controllable structure colors come from the polarization-dependent multiband absorption peaks. When the polarization changes from TE to TM, the absorption peaks shift from 454, 624, and 714&#x00A0;nm to 454, 498, and 550&#x00A0;nm. The physical mechanism is explained by the electromagnetic fields distribution and the equivalent <italic>LC</italic> circuit model. It can keep the structure color for a wide incident angle.
ISSN:1943-0655