Ultra-broadband nanophotonic phase shifter based on subwavelength metamaterial waveguides

Optical phase shifters are extensively used in integrated optics not only for telecom and datacom applications but also for sensors and quantum computing. While various active solutions have been demonstrated, progress in passive phase shifters is still lacking. Here we present a new type of ultra-broadband 90° phase shifter, which exploits the anisotropy and dispersion engineering in subwavelength metamaterial waveguides. Our Floquet–Bloch …