OPTICAL DEVICES WITH NANOWIRE GRID POLARIZER ON A CURVED SURFACE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING

摘要

An optical device may include, in order, a first quarter wave plate; a half mirror; a second quarter wave plate; and a curved nanowire grid polarizer. The curved nanowire grid polarizer may include a curved substrate, a non-regular, substantially periodic array of substantially parallel, elongated nanoridges disposed on the curved substrate and having a wave-ordered structure and being oriented along a first direction, and an array of metal nanowires disposed on the array of nanoridges