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    • Metamaterials and Nanophotonics
    • Solid-State Physics
    • Optical Engineering

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    • Photonic crystals offer unique optical properties but suffer from spatial anisotropy, limiting their use in applications requiring angle-independent performance.
    • Stealthy-hyperuniform heterostructures present an alternative with analogous properties to photonic crystals but without inherent spatial anisotropy.
    • Metamaterials are engineered materials with properties not found in naturally occurring substances, enabling novel functionalities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design, fabricate, and characterize a novel hole-based stealthy-hyperuniform structure.
    • To investigate the optical properties of this structure, particularly its photonic band gap and angular response.
    • To evaluate the potential of stealthy-hyperuniform heterostructures for optical image processing applications away from normal incidence.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a hole-based stealthy-hyperuniform structure on a quantum cascade layer substrate.
    • Characterization using infrared spectral analysis.
    • Measurement of reflection spectra at varying incidence angles and in-plane rotational angles.

    Main Results:

    • A significant photonic band gap was observed around 12.0 μm, characterized by an enhanced reflection region.
    • A substantial gap-midgap ratio of 10.4% was achieved, indicating a robust band gap.
    • The structure exhibited spatial isotropy, with reflection spectra remaining unchanged for all in-plane rotational angles, even at increasing incidence angles.

    Conclusions:

    • The designed stealthy-hyperuniform heterostructure demonstrates a wide photonic band gap suitable for optical applications.
    • The observed spatial isotropy confirms the advantage over traditional photonic crystals for angle-independent performance.
    • These findings highlight the potential of stealthy-hyperuniform metamaterials for advanced optical image processing and other photonic devices.