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中国物理学会期刊

基于单层手性超表面的窄带圆二色性增强及其高灵敏传感研究

Enhancement and sensing applications of narrow band circular dichroism based on Single-layer chiral metasurface

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  • 手性光-物质相互作用的有效增强,依赖于手性响应与品质因子(quality factor)的协同提升。然而,二者之间存在固有的负相关制约关系,传统设计往往需借助双层乃至多层超表面结构才能实现性能协同优化,这严重限制了其实际加工与规模化应用。因此,论文提出一种单层Z字形手性超表面结构。在结构调制过程中,通过打破面内对称性,成功实现了超高品质因子与近乎完美的圆二色性(circular dichroism,CD=0.95)的手性响应。通过打破结构面内对称性,实现对手性响应的精准调控,将该手性超表面应用于光学传感领域。数值计算结果展示设计的高灵敏度折射率传感器灵敏度可达252 nm/RIU,传感品质因数高达2471.03 RIU-1,传感性能较已有研究实现显著提升,设计的手性超表面在高灵敏度手性传感、光开关及滤波等领域具有良好的应用前景。

     

    This work presents a single-layer Z-shaped chiral metasurface based on quasi-bound states in the continuum(Q-BICs) . The proposed structure simultaneously achieves an ultra-high quality factor and strong circular dichroism(CD) , thereby overcoming the intigh-Q resonance and chiral response in conventional chiral metasurfaces. Unlike traditional multilayer or three-dimensional chiral structures that require complicated fabrication processes, the proposed metasurface adopts a planar monolayer configuration with broken in-plane mirror symmetry, offering offering improved fabrication compatibility and scalability. By introducing an in-plane asymmetry parameter into the Z-shaped air-hole unit cell, the symmetry-protected BIC mode was transformed into a chiral Q-BIC mode, resulting in a high CD value of 0.95 with an extremely narrow linewidth of 1.98 nm. Furthermore, dynamic tuning of the chiral response was achieved through oblique incidence by adjusting the elevation and azimuth angles of the incident wave, which enabled the excitation of extrinsic chirality without changing the metasurface geometryof the structure. The study further analyzed the physical origin of the strong chiral resonance through multipole decomposition and electromagnetic field distributions. The results reveal that the intrinsic chiral response induced by in-plane symmetry breaking is dominated by the magnetic quadrupole(MQ) , whereas the extrinsic chiral response under oblique incidence mainly originates from the toroidal dipole(TD) . In both cases, the resonance quality factor followed an inverse-square dependence on the corresponding asymmetry parameter, consistent with the inverse-square scaling law of Q-BIC systems. Benefiting from the narrow resonance linewidth and strong localized electromagnetic field enhancement, the proposed metasurface was further employed as a near-infrared refractive index chiral sensor. The sensor achieved a high sensitivity of 252 nm/RIU, an high figure of merit of 2471.03 RIU-1, and a quality factor of 15089 while maintaining strong CD characteristics. Compared with previously reported chiral sensing platforms, the proposed structure exhibits superior overall sensing performance and better fabrication tolerance. These findings not only provide a feasible strategy for realizing high-Q and high-CD chiral metasurfaces using a simple monolayer architecture, but also offer valuable insights for applications in nonlinear optics, integrated photonic devices, polarization manipulation, and ultrasensitive biochemical sensing.

     

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