Linear-polarized terahertz isolator by breaking the gyro-mirror symmetry in cascaded magneto-optical metagrating

Autor: Tan Zhiyu, Fan Fei, Zhao Dan, Li Shanshan, Wang Xianghui, Chang Shengjiang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nanophotonics, Vol 10, Iss 16, Pp 4141-4148 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2192-8614
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0416
Popis: To realize nonreciprocal transmission, it is necessary to break the time-reversal symmetry of the transmission system, but it is very challenging to keep the linear polarized (LP) input and output unchanged in the free space transmission system. Magnetized semiconductor InSb can realize terahertz (THz) nonreciprocal transmission for the two conjugated photonic spin states, but it cannot realize efficient one-way transmission of LP state due to gyro-mirror symmetry. In this work, by introducing a pair of orthogonal uniaxial anisotropies from the meta-gratings on both sides of InSb, both the gyro-mirror and time-reversal symmetries are broken for the LP state, thus making this cascaded grating–InSb–grating structure serves as a high-performance isolator for the LP light. The experiment results indicate isolation of 50 dB at 0.4 THz for the same LP input and output under a weak biased magnetic field of 0.17 T. Moreover, we further illustrate the factors affecting the isolation bandwidth of the device, also demonstrated another broadband structure with the 10 dB isolation bandwidth from 0.2–0.7 THz, and the relative bandwidth achieves 110%. The mechanisms of THz nonreciprocal transmission and polarization manipulation proposed in this work will contribute to the development of efficient THz magneto-optical devices.
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