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Dirac bilayer metasurfaces as an inverse Gires-Tournois etalon

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Efficient transmissive pure-phase resonances are highly desirable for optical modulation and wave front engineering. Here, we propose a principle to realize a pure-phase resonance in an extremely broad transmission band, as opposed to previous approaches restricted to operating in reflection mode or over a narrow spectral band. We show that a glide-symmetric bilayer metasurface mathematically mimicking a two-dimensional Dirac semimetal induces unidirectional guided-mode excitation and perfect leakage-radiation blazing at the transmission channel. These effects create a peculiar resonant-scattering configuration, similar to the classical reflective Gires-Tournois etalon, but in transmission, providing full 2π phase modulation with constant transmittance near 100%. Most importantly, this effect persists over an extremely wide band, associated with topological effects. Hence, our proposed approach produces a spectrally and parametrically robust pure-phase resonance effect in transmission, which is highly beneficial for practical applications.

Source: Physical Review Research

DOI: 10.1103/3dw5-nvdq

Authors: Ki Young Lee, Kwang Wook Yoo, Francesco Monticone, Jae Woong Yoon

Institutions: Hanyang University, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,625