10 November 2022 Polarization-universal bandgaps realized with columnar thin films
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Abstract

Equichiral sculptured thin films (ECSTFs) with unit cells comprising a sequence of four identical columnar thin films were fabricated using asymmetric serial bideposition to exhibit the polarization-universal Bragg phenomenon. Oblique-angle optical transmission measurements of the ECSTFs showed bands of total transmittance values under 20%, regardless of the polarization state of the incident plane wave. These polarization-universal bandgaps can be tuned by adjusting the angle of incidence.

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Ricardo A. Fiallo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Mark W. Horn "Polarization-universal bandgaps realized with columnar thin films," Journal of Nanophotonics 16(4), 046004 (10 November 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.16.046004
Received: 12 September 2022; Accepted: 25 October 2022; Published: 10 November 2022
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KEYWORDS
Contrast transfer function

Thin films

Polarization

Transmittance

Lawrencium

Linear polarizers

Ocean optics

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