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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Metamaterials
    • Plasmonics

    Background:

    • Manipulating electromagnetic wave polarization is crucial in optics.
    • Existing devices are often bulky or limited in functionality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design a conceptually new, ultra-thin meta-waveplate (MWP) with anomalous functionalities.
    • To achieve precise control over light polarization states.

    Main Methods:

    • Designing structural units of a metasurface to couple incident circularly polarized (CP) light into surface plasmon modes.
    • Utilizing near-field interaction of plasmon modes to generate linearly polarized (LP) light.

    Main Results:

    • The designed MWP functions as a quarter-waveplate, converting CP to LP light.
    • The MWP exhibits unidirectional functionality and a specific output polarization angle.
    • The device demonstrates optical rotation properties as a chiral material over a broad bandwidth.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed ultra-thin MWP offers advanced polarization control with added degrees of freedom.
    • This approach overcomes the bulkiness and functional limitations of conventional waveplates.
    • The MWP's chiral properties and broad bandwidth operation open new avenues in optical applications.