Abstract
Near-unity circular dichroism (CD) with high quality (Q)-factors has wide applications in chiral lasers, modulators, detectors, etc. In this work, we firstly suggest a feasible approach to realize near-unity CD (∼0.94) with a high Q-factor (>2 × 104) supported by a toroidal dipole (TD) empowered superchiral quasi-bound states in the continuum (BICs) metasurface. Based on intensity, excellent electrical switching is achieved by adjusting the Fermi energy of the graphene on the metasurface. High refractive index sensitivity (136.2 nm/RIU) and figure of merit (1135 RIU−1) demonstrate its superior chiral sensing detection performance. Moreover, the near-unity CD displays a large robustness to the asymmetry offset. Our work paves a feasible avenue for well-designed superchiral quasi-BIC metasurfaces with high Q-factor near-unity CD for chiral applications in electrically tunable modulators, switches, sensors, etc.
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