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Two-dimensional chiral metasurfaces obtained by geometrically simple meta-atom rotations
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2023-09-19
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Gryb, Dmytro
Aigner, Andreas
Gölz, Thorsten
Journal
Volume
23
Issue
19
Start Page
8891
End Page
8897
Citation
Nano Letters 29 (13): 8891-8897 (2026)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
ACS
Two-dimensional chiral metasurfaces seem to contradict Lord Kelvin’s geometric definition of chirality since they can be made to coincide by performing rotational operations. Nevertheless, most planar chiral metasurface designs often use complex meta-atom shapes to create flat versions of three-dimensional helices, although the visual appearance does not improve their chiroptical response but complicates their optimization and fabrication due to the resulting large parameter space. Here we present one of the geometrically simplest two-dimensional chiral metasurface platforms consisting of achiral dielectric rods arranged in a square lattice. Chirality is created by rotating the individual meta-atoms, making their arrangement chiral and leading to chiroptical responses that are stronger or comparable to more complex designs. We show that resonances depending on the arrangement are robust against geometric variations and behave similarly in experiments and simulations. Finally, we explain the origin of chirality and behavior of our platform by simple considerations of the geometric asymmetry and gap size.
Subjects
chiral arrangement
chirality
chiroptical response
dielectric metasurface
meta atom rotation
DDC Class
600: Technology