Meta device and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10845627-B2
Application number	US-201816139857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2018
Priority date	Oct 11, 2017
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A meta device may include: a substrate; a mirror disposed on the substrate; a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the mirror; a nanoantenna facing the mirror with the refractive index modulation layer, the refractive index modulation layer being disposed between the nanoantenna and the mirror; and an insulating layer disposed between the nanoantenna and the refractive index modulation layer and having a non-uniform thickness. Since the thickness of the insulating layer is not uniform, a withstanding voltage characteristic of the meta device is improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A meta device comprising:
a substrate;
a mirror disposed on the substrate;
a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the mirror;
a nanoantenna facing the mirror with the refractive index modulation layer, the refractive index modulation layer being disposed between the nanoantenna and the mirror; and
an insulating layer disposed between the nanoantenna and the refractive index modulation layer and having a non-uniform thickness,
wherein the insulating layer has a thickness distribution in which a first thickness of the insulating layer on a central region of the mirror is less than a second thickness of the insulating layer on an edge region of the mirror.

2. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the second thickness of the insulating layer on the edge region is 1.5 times or more than the first thickness of the insulating layer on the central region.

3. The meta device of claim 2 , wherein a maximum length element of the edge region is 2 times or more than the first thickness of the insulating layer on the central region.

4. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein, the insulating layer has a thickness distribution in which a third thickness of the insulating layer in a neighboring region, that is adjacent to the mirror in a lateral direction, is greater than a fourth thickness of the insulating layer in a non-neighboring region, that is further than the neighboring region from the mirror in the lateral direction.

5. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises a first insulating layer having a uniform thickness and a second insulating layer disposed on at least some portions of the first insulating layer.

6. The meta device of claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer comprises a different material from the second insulating layer.

7. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the nanoantenna comprises at least one of a metal material and a semiconductor material.

8. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises at least one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, and hafnium oxide.

9. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the mirror comprises a conductive material.

10. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the refractive index modulation layer comprises an oxide semiconductor.

11. The meta device of claim 1 , wherein the nanoantenna comprises a plurality of nanoantenna elements.

12. The meta device of claim 1 , further comprising an electrode wire electrically connected to the nanoantenna.

13. A meta device comprising:
a substrate;
a mirror disposed on the substrate;
a first insulating layer disposed on the mirror and disposed on a portion of the substrate that is uncovered by the mirror;
a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the first insulating layer and a first upper surface of the mirror;
a second insulating layer disposed on the refractive index modulation layer and the first insulating layer; and
a nanoantenna disposed on the second insulating layer and a second upper surface of the refractive index modulation layer.

14. The meta device of claim 13 , further comprising an electrode wire electrically connected to the refractive index modulation layer and comprising a through electrode penetrating a via in the second insulating layer.

15. The meta device of claim 14 , wherein the via that the through electrode penetrates is on one of an edge region of the mirror and a neighboring region that is adjacent to the mirror in a lateral direction.

16. A method of manufacturing a meta device, the method comprising:
preparing a substrate;
patterning and forming a mirror on the substrate;
forming a refractive index modulation layer so as to contact at least some portions of the mirror;
patterning and forming a first insulating layer on an edge region of the mirror;
forming a second insulating layer directly on the first insulating layer and on the mirror; and
forming a nanoantenna on the second insulating layer so as to face the mirror.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first insulating layer comprises a different material from the second insulating layer.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second insulating layer is disposed on the refractive index modulation layer and a portion of the first insulating layer that is uncovered by the refractive index modulation layer.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first insulating layer is disposed directly on the portion of the substrate and the mirror, and the second insulating layer is disposed directly on the refractive index modulation layer and the first insulating layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sunil
• Lee Changbum
• Choi Byounglyong

Classifications

• H01Q15/0086 Primary

  said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials · CPC title

• G02F1/1335

  Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors · CPC title

• G02F1/0154

  using electro-optic effects, e.g. linear electro optic [LEO], Pockels, quadratic electro optical [QEO] or Kerr effect · CPC title

• G02F1/292

  by controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering (controlled diffraction for optical switching G02F1/31) · CPC title

• G02F1/29

  for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection · CPC title