OPJOptics and Photonics Journal2160-8881Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/opj.2022.129015OPJ-120901ArticlesChemistry&Materials Science Engineering Physics&Mathematics Fabrication of Polarization Control Devices Using Metal Grating Structures AtsushiMotogaito1*YukinoHayashi1AkinoriWatanabe1KazumasaHiramatsu1Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Tsu, Japan2810202212092012139, September 202228, October 2022 31, October 2022© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A polarization control device was developed using a plasmonic metasurface with the aim of achieving the desired polarization state. In this study, the Ag metal grating structure was fabricated as a plasmonic metasurface by electron beam lithography and a lift-off process. The phase difference of the fabricated sample was 21.0°. This value is almost consistent with the simulation (24.0°). Then, the transmission and phase difference is dependent on the structural parameter. Because of the propagation of surface plasmon polariton at the interface between Ag and SiO 2 or Ag and air, it is believed that the transmittance and the phase difference for TM polarized light can be controlled by the structural parameters. By plotting on the Poincaré sphere after calculating the S-parameter by simulation, it is clear that the arbitrary polarization status can be controlled by the structural parameter.

Surface Plasmon Metal Grating Polarization Control Plasmonic Metasurface1. Introduction

Polarization devices, such as a polarizer, beam splitter, wave plate, and optical retarder, are often used for controlling the polarization state and realizing the specific polarization light. For these devices, solid birefringence materials, such as crystal, mica, CaF2, and MgF2 or polymer materials, such as polyvinyl alcohol, are often used. Although solid birefringence materials are stable against temperature changes, they are difficult to process and reduce in size and thickness. However, since polymer materials are used in the form of thin films, they can easily be made smaller and thinner, but they are more sensitive to temperature changes and have low fracture thresholds. To solve these problems, plasmonic metasurfaces such as wire grid structures have been proposed. The basic polarization device using plasmonic metasurfaces is the wire grid polarizer. In 1893, Hertz used a wire grid structure as a polarizer for the first time [1]. Then, the wire grid polarizer for infrared light was fabricated in the 1960s [2] [3] [4]. The development of the fabrication method of nanostructures, such as electron beam lithography, nanoimprint lithography, subwavelength lattice, or nanowire, was used to realize the wire grid polarizer for the near infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions [5] - [14].

Recently, wire grid polarizers using surface plasmon resonance or chiral metamaterial have been realized [15] [16] [17] [18]. Furthermore, the waveplates or optical retarders can be realized by surface plasmon resonance [19] [20] [21] [22]. The proposed device with metal nanostructures changes the transmittance and phase difference by means of a surface plasmon resonance, which is controlled by the periodic nanostructure. The advantages of such a device are that it is easy to make it smaller and thinner, it is stable against temperature changes, and it is possible to obtain various polarization states for each structure. The key disadvantage is that the transmittance is inferior to that of both solid crystals and polymer films due to the use of metal. However, we describe here an extraordinary transmission phenomenon that occurs due to surface plasmon resonance in metal diffraction gratings [23] - [34]. It is believed that by exploiting this phenomenon, the transmittance can be improved. We have previously reported the surface plasmon sensor [25] [26] and the perfect absorber with the selectivity of wavelength [27].

We aim to realize polarization controlling devices with plasmonic metasurfaces such as one-dimensional metal grating structures. The merit of using a plasmonic metasurface is that the transmittance and phase of light can be controlled using structural parameters such as the period, duty ratio, and metal thickness. If the transmittance and phase of light can be controlled using structural parameters, the elliptical polarization can be controlled arbitrarily. Some reports describe the process of controlling the state of polarization. N. Vanstleenkiste et al. reported the use of remote control to create polarization Configurations for the purpose of laser cooling atoms [28]. A. Jullien et al. reported the controlling polarization status of nonlinear materials [29]. C. Gao et al. reported the use of a multilayer dielectric grating structure to create a polarization-controlled grating polarizer [30]. P. C. Wu et al. reported a broadband wide-angle multifunctional polarization converter in the electromagnetic wave region using a liquid-metal-based metasurface [31]. J. P. Balthasar Mueller presented two independent and arbitrary phase control devices in the visible region utilizing a TiO2 metasurface [32]. A. Arbabi et al. reported on the control of phase and polarization by dielectric metasurface [33]. P. Lovera et al. reported polarization tunable transmission in the visible and near infrared regions via plasmonic arrays [34]. Recently, T. Yan, et al. reported the circular polarization hologram realized by Pancharatnam-Berry phase in microwave frequency [35]. The polarization device described above is capable of converting a specific polarization state, e.g., linearly polarized or circularly polarized light, into another polarized state.

There are some kinds of applications, such as polarimeters [36] [37], optical coherence tomography [38] [39], laser micro-machining [40], and color filters [41]. In particular, our new polarization-controlled devices are effective for application to polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). This technique uses polarized light to observe additional structural details in samples, particularly biological samples that cannot be observed otherwise. J. S. Amaya et al. reported the web control system for transcorneal electric stimulation devices for observing biological samples [42]. Using our new polarization-controlled device, it is expected that the performance of PS-OCT will be improved using light in a specific polarized state in which the polarized state is controlled. In particular, PS-OCT is used to investigate diseases inside the eye in fundus examination. PS-OCT often uses linearly polarized light, but in order to obtain a clearer image considering birefringence and depolarization effects in the retina, it is necessary to develop an optical element that can obtain any elliptically polarized light.

In this study, in order to realize arbitrary elliptical polarization, a polarization control device using a one-dimensional metal grating as a plasmonic metasurface is realized with the aim of obtaining such a desired elliptical polarization state.

2. Simulation and Experimental Methods2.1. Simulation Method

The polarization control device was designed by the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) method in which structure-dependent polarization characteristics of the device were simulated. The input parameters, variables calculated by the RCWA method, and output variables described here are summarized in Table 1.

The polarization control device consisted of a metal grating structure fabricated on SiO2 substrate as shown in Figure 1. The simulation variables were the wavelength of the incident light (λ) and the structural parameters of the grating pitch (P), the metal thickness (t), and the duty ratio (D), which is the ratio of the width of the metal structures to the pitch. In this study, the wavelength used was 532 nm and the metal was Ag. Using the RCWA method, the amplitude transmittance of TE and TM light (tTE and tTM) and the phase difference with respect to incident light for TE and TM light (ΔTE and ΔTM) were calculated. From these values, the effective transmission (trms), the retardation (Δ), and the ratio of the amplitude transmittance (ψ) can be obtained. The flowchart of this calculation is shown in Figure 2.

2.2. Experimental Method

Then, the designed device was fabricated by electron beam lithography, sputtering, and lift-off. The phase difference realized with the manufactured device was measured using the Senarmont method.

The input parameters, variables calculated by the RCWA method, and output variables. (a) Input parameter; (b) Calculate variables; (c) Output variables (b)
Incident wavelengthλ = 532 nm
Structural periodP
Width of Ag stripew
Thickness of Agt
Duty ratioD = w/p
 (c)
Phase (TM)ΔTM
Amplitude transmittance (TM)tTM
Phase (TE)ΔTE
Amplitude transmittance (TE)tTE
Phase differenceΔ = Δ TM − Δ TE
Effective transmittancet rms = sqrt ( t TM 2 + t TE 2 )
Ratio of transmittancetan Ψ = t TE / t TM

The substrates used were made of 1-mm-thick quartz glass. Prior to spin-coating the electron beam (EB) resist, hexamethyldisilazane (HDMS) was spin-coated on the surface of the quartz glass substrate to improve the adherence between the substrate and the EB resist. The surface was spin-coated with an EB-positive resist (ZEON, ZEP-520A), after which prebaking was performed. Subsequently, a charge-up prevention treatment was spin-coated on the EB resist. The electron beam lithography (EBL) system (Crestec CABL-8000) was equipped with a ZrO/W thermal field-emission cathode. The acceleration voltage was 30 kV; electrons accelerated at this voltage were able to penetrate the resist. After exposure, the resist was developed, resulting in the binary diffractive lens. The size of the pattern for the sample was 1.5 × 1.5 mm2. Then, Ag was sputtered on the sample by

using DC magnetron sputtering equipment (SANYU, SC-701Mk II ADVANCE) and the target structure was obtained after lift-off. The fabricated sample was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Thereafter, the phase difference of the fabricated sample was characterized using the Senarmont method. First, the laser light is squeezed from a light source with a 2-µm pinhole and a polarizer is used to create linearly polarized light that oscillates in the horizontal (x-axis) direction. When this is incident on an unknown sample with a phase difference δ placed in a direction in which the slow axis forms a 45˚ angle, elliptically polarized light whose axis is tilted by θ is generated. After that, the elliptically polarized light is returned to the linearly polarized light tilted by θ by injecting light onto the 1/4 wave plate whose slow-phase axes coincide vertically. The measurement is performed by rotating the analyzer with this angle θ placed in the y-axis direction. The final phase difference δ, is obtained by δ = 2θ.

3. Results and Discussion3.1. Results of Simulation and Experiments

Figure 3 shows the surface SEM image of the sample after the lift-off process. The thick and dark part is the thin line part of Ag, and the thin and bright part is the surface of the glass substrate. This sample was designed as P = 360 nm, D = 0.7, and t = 30 nm. From this photograph, it was possible to prepare a sample almost as designed.

Then, the phase difference between TE and TM light is characterized by simulation and experiment. The simulation of the phase difference with respect to incident light for TE and TM light (ΔTE and ΔTM) is shown in Figure 4. In these figures, the incident light is propagating in the +z direction. This is the surface of the sample at z = 0. The transmitted light and the reflected light appear at z = 0. The phase difference of the transmitted light with respect to incident light is obtained as ΔTM = +2.2˚ (phase lag) and ΔTE = −21.4˚ (phase lead). The phase difference between TM and TE light is obtained as Δ = ΔTM − ΔTE = 24.0˚.

However, the experimental result can be obtained by the Senarmont method. The result of the Senarmont method is shown in Figure 5. From this result, the

phase difference can be obtained as Δ = 2θ = 21.0˚. Therefore, it is believed that the results of the simulation and the experiment are almost identical.

3.2. Discussion

Then, the dependence of the 0th transmittance and phase difference on the structural period is calculated as shown in Figure 6. From Figure 6(a), TE transmission is almost constant throughout the structural period, whereas TM transmittance depends on the structural period. The transmittance peaks can be obtained at 364 and 532 nm which are indicated by black and red arrows, respectively. Additionally, the abrupt phase difference changes from negative to positive and the phase lag for TM light can be obtained at 364 nm and 532 nm, whereas the phase difference for TE light is almost constant, as shown in Figure 6(b). Thus,

the phase difference (Δ) is proportional to the phase difference of TM light.

The peak TM transmittance and the abrupt change in phase difference between 364 and 532 nm are attributed to the excitation of the propagating surface plasmon polariton in the one-dimensional (1D) Ag grating structure. The transmittance mapping for TM light is shown in Figure 7. The horizontal line shows the structural period, while the vertical line shows the incident angle. The color bar means the transmittance. There are some loci of the peak transmittance in Figure 7. In particular, the most important loci related results of Figure 6 are indicated using black and red arrows. The circles at 364 and 532 nm indicate the peak transmittance at normal incidence related to Figure 6. According to our past study, these loci refer to the condition of the exciting surface plasmon polariton at the interface between air and Ag or SiO2 and Ag [23] [24]. To determine the interface at which these loci are propagating surface plasmon polaritons, the intensity distribution of the magnetic field at 364 and 532 nm is calculated as shown in Figure 8. The magnetic field at 364 nm is concentrated at the interface between Ag and SiO2. However, at 532 nm, it is concentrated at the interface between Ag and air. From these results, the propagating surface plasmon polariton is excited at the interface between Ag and the SiO2 substrate at 364 nm and at the interface between Ag and the air substrate at 532 nm. Therefore, it is assumed that the peak transmission and the abrupt change of TM light are due to the exciting surface plasmon polariton at the two kinds of interfaces.

Finally, to confirm the change of the polarization states, the S-parameter for various structural periods on the Poincaré sphere was plotted. The Poincaré sphere with varying structural periods from 300 nm to 390 nm is shown in Figure 9. All plots are on the surface of the Poincaré sphere. It means these conditions are fully polarized. In an increasing structural period, the values of S1 and S3 are increasing. Between 345 and 350 nm, the sign of S3 changes from negative to positive, meaning that the curve intersects the equator at this point, and the polarization state changes from elliptically polarized light to linearly polarized light. Therefore, it is believed that the arbitrary polarization state can be realized

by controlling the polarization state using the structure of the metal grating structure, which is a kind of plasmonic metasurface. We are currently conducting experiments to confirm the results of this simulation and plan to report those results in the future.

4. Conclusion

A polarization control device was developed using a plasmonic metasurface with the aim of achieving the desired polarization state. First, a simulation of the polarization control device was performed using the RCWA method, and it was shown that the transmittance and phase difference could be controlled by structural parameters such as the grating pitch and metal film thickness. Then, using the Senarmont method, the phase difference of the experimental devices consisting of a one-dimensional Ag diffraction grating fabricated by EBL and lift-off was determined. The results were almost the same as those obtained in the simulation. According to the transmittance mapping and the distribution of the magnetic field intensity, the peak transmittance and abrupt change of phase for TM light are caused by the excitation of the propagating surface plasmon resonance at one of two kinds of interfaces between Ag and SiO2 or Ag and air. Finally, when the S-parameter was obtained from the simulation results and shown on the Poincaré sphere, it was shown that the arbitrary polarization state could be realized by controlling the polarization state using the device’s structural parameters.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI, Grant Number 20K05359 and Tateishi Science and Technology Foundation.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

Cite this paper

Motogaito, A., Hayashi, Y., Watanabe, A. and Hiramatsu, K. (2022) Fabrication of Polarization Control Devices Using Metal Grating Structures. Optics and Photonics Journal, 12, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.4236/opj.2022.129015

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