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Title: Interferenceless polarization splitting through nanoscale van der Waals heterostructures
Authors: Shah, Shahnawaz
Lin, Xiao
Shen, Lian
Renuka, Maturi
Zhang, Baile
Chen, Hongsheng
Keywords: Polarization Splitting
Van der Waals Heterostructures
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Issue Date: 2018
Source: Shah, S., Lin, X., Shen, L., Renuka, M., Zhang, B., & Chen, H. (2018). Interferenceless polarization splitting through nanoscale van der Waals heterostructures. Physical Review Applied, 10(3), 034025-. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.034025
Journal: Physical Review Applied 
Series/Report no.: Physical Review Applied
Abstract: The ability to control the polarization of light at the extreme nanoscale has long been a major scientific and technological goal for photonics. Here we predict the phenomenon of polarization splitting through van der Waals heterostructures of nanoscale thickness, such as graphene-hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures, at infrared frequencies (near 25.35 THz). The underlying mechanism is that the designed heterostructures possess an effective relative permittivity with its in-plane (out-of-plane) component being unity (zero); such heterostructures are transparent to transverse-electric (TE) waves while opaque to transverse-magnetic (TM) waves, without resorting to the interference effect. Moreover, the predicted phenomenon is insensitive to incident angles. Our work thus indicates that van der Waals heterostructures are a promising nanoscale platform for the manipulation of light, such as the design of polarization beam nanosplitters and ε-near-zero materials, and the exploration of superscattering for TM waves and zero scattering for TE waves from deep-subwavelength nanostructures.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89693
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46329
ISSN: 2331-7019
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.034025
Schools: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 
Rights: © 2018 American Physical Society. This paper was published in Physical Review Applied and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Physical Society. The published version is available at:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.034025]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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