螺旋超穎材料之負折射與旋光性之研究

Study on the negative index and optical activity of helix metamaterials

黃祥鴻(Hsiang-Hung Huang)

指導教授 ： 洪毓玨

國立清華大學/電機資訊學院/光電工程研究所/碩士(2014年)

摘要

Chiral metamaterials refer to metamaterials consisting of gyrotropic inclusions that do not
have a superposable mirror image. Because of the extraordinary optical activity (OA) and
circular dichroism (CD) phenomena, it has been suggested that chiral negative index meta-
materials (chiral NIMs) can provide a new route for constructing a superlens that goes
beyond the diffraction limit. The plasmonic-enhanced circular dichroism, on the other hand,
has also been evaluated as a crucial key in bio-chemistry to boost the sensitivity of CD-
spectroscopy to dissect complex biomolecules, such as proteins. In this regard, there has
been an increasing interest in studying chiral metamaterials. In this thesis, we investigated,
designed, and simulated the chiral metamaterials based on the intertwined gold helices, ded-
icating to construct negative index materials and high transmission and large rotary power
devices through finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method. By employing the effective
parameter retrieval technique, a four-intertwined helix combined with metallic wire griddings
that reached NIM was proposed. The NIM exhibited the maximum figure of merit (FOM,
−Re{n}/Im{n}) of 0.5 under normal incidence at 24.72 THz for the LCP wave. Incorporat-
ing the simulations with genetic algorithm (GA), we designed 4 polarization rotators with
maximum rotary power 105.24 (0/λ)and extremely high transmittance (average above 80%)
at the communication wavelength of 1.55 micrometer. These results show that helix-based devices
serve as potential candidates for future optoelectronic applications.

關鍵字

超穎材料 ； 掌性介質 ； 負折射 ； 旋光性 ； 光二色性

並列摘要

Chiral metamaterials refer to metamaterials consisting of gyrotropic inclusions that do not
have a superposable mirror image. Because of the extraordinary optical activity (OA) and
circular dichroism (CD) phenomena, it has been suggested that chiral negative index meta-
materials (chiral NIMs) can provide a new route for constructing a superlens that goes
beyond the diffraction limit. The plasmonic-enhanced circular dichroism, on the other hand,
has also been evaluated as a crucial key in bio-chemistry to boost the sensitivity of CD-
spectroscopy to dissect complex biomolecules, such as proteins. In this regard, there has
been an increasing interest in studying chiral metamaterials. In this thesis, we investigated,
designed, and simulated the chiral metamaterials based on the intertwined gold helices, ded-
icating to construct negative index materials and high transmission and large rotary power
devices through finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method. By employing the effective
parameter retrieval technique, a four-intertwined helix combined with metallic wire griddings
that reached NIM was proposed. The NIM exhibited the maximum figure of merit (FOM,
−Re{n}/Im{n}) of 0.5 under normal incidence at 24.72 THz for the LCP wave. Incorporat-
ing the simulations with genetic algorithm (GA), we designed 4 polarization rotators with
maximum rotary power 105.24 (0/λ)and extremely high transmittance (average above 80%)
at the communication wavelength of 1.55 micrometer. These results show that helix-based devices
serve as potential candidates for future optoelectronic applications.

並列關鍵字

metamaterial ； chiral media ； negative index material ； optical activity ； circular dichroism

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