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Anti-reflection coatings for epsilon-near-zero materials

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Date
01/10/2022
Author
Wynne, Laura
Zhang, Cissy
Akpan, Usenobong Benjamin
Di Falco, Andrea
Schulz, Sebastian Andreas
Funder
European Research Council
Grant ID
819346
Keywords
QC Physics
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MCP
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Abstract
Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials have attracted much interest within the photonics community due to the various novel light-matter interactions that can occur in the ENZ regime. These materials display a large impedance mismatch between the ENZ material and free space, making it difficult to couple light into the medium at normal incidence. In this article, we demonstrate that enhanced light coupling into an ENZ metamaterial stack can be achieved via the design and fabrication of anti-reflection coatings, which are simple to fabricate via e-beam evaporation. The coating fabricated has been optimized not only to minimize reflection but also aims to maximize transmission — making these designs applicable to e.g. beam shaping applications. We achieve a transmission enhancement of 20% through our metamaterial over a 150 nm range and reflection minimization of 50% over a 200 nm range.
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Wynne , L , Zhang , C , Akpan , U B , Di Falco , A & Schulz , S A 2022 , ' Anti-reflection coatings for epsilon-near-zero materials ' , Optical Materials Express , vol. 12 , no. 10 , pp. 4088-4095 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.469382
Publication
Optical Materials Express
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.469382
ISSN
2159-3930
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Funding. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N509759/1, EP/R513337/1); European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (819346).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/26690

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