Bi-channel Near- and Far-field

Optical Vortex Generator Based on

a Single Plasmonic Metasurface

Student : Fitri Oktafiani

Advisor : Prof. Po-Tsung Lee
Sept 24th, 2020
Outline
• Introduction
• Design
• Results
• Conclusion
Introduction

Rotation of a light beam

Polarization Wavefront

Spin Angular Orbital Angular

Momentum (SAM) Momentum (OAM) Spin Angular Momentum (SAM)
 Introduction

• Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM)

Skewness
• Assosiated with a helical or twisted wavefront.
• Degree of twist of a beam.
• Optical Vortex
• Topological Charge (l)

• Plasmonic Metasurface
• Controlling of near-field SPPs and far-field
scattered light. Intensity distribution
Different modes of optical vortice
• Bi-channel near- and far- field vortex
generator (NFVG)
• Generating vortices in both the near and
far fields.
NFVG Design

Au Film
Glass
= 80 nm
(250 nm)
() = 120 nm

the spin state of incident light

() = +1 (RCP)
= -1 (LCP)
orientation angle of the
nanoslit relative to the axis
NFVG Design

Near-field geometric phase distribution

Au Film
Glass
antiphase term
(250 nm)
Far-field geometric phase distribution

focal length
distance from a nano-slit to the center point O
azimuthal angel
an integer antiphase term
 Design Experimental Setup
Near-Field Measurement :
Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM)
Size Parameter

Far-Field Measurement :

The nanoslit array of a designed NFVG

With the actuator, the far-field intensity
distribution at different distance can be controlled by the
CMOS camera.

Deposited Au on Glass substrate Fabricated nano-slit Scanned with Scanning

with Ti adhesion layer pattern using FIB milling Electron Microscope (SEM)
Results
Far-field Near-field

Simulated optical far-field intensity of Simulated intensity distribution of SPPs in the near
cross-polarized light field on surface Au film

Instantaneous vortex Spatial phase profile at z= Instantaneous Spatial phase profile

field distribution 20 um intensity distribution for SPPs
Results

Measured -component of
Experimentally measured far-field transmited light at
intensity of RCP light

SEM images of the fabricated NFVG sample SNOM measured optical near-
field intensity distribution Comparison of the intensity
profile
 Experimental Results
Sample A ( Sample B ( Sample C (

Intensity on far-field (

-component
intensity on far-
field (

SEM images
 Results
Sample A (

Sample A ( Sample B ( Sample C (

SNOM measured
optical near-field

Simulated near-field intensity distribution

Sample B (
Instanteneous
intensity distribution

Simulated near-field intensity distribution

Results

Simulated far-field intensity distribution ( Simulated under LCP incidence ()

Results
• Comparison of experimental results and simulations in near-field.

The intensity field of sample A () The intensity field of sample B ()

Results

Simulated near- and far- field distributions of NFVG with different

configurations of and under LCP incidence
Conclusion

• With set the value of , , and wavelength for determine and , they created NFVG
with specific topological charges to generates vortices.

• It performs well for generating vortices in the near and far fields.

• It has simplicity and flexibility for multifunctional integrated optical devices

(optical communication, trapping particle, and so on)
Thank You