一种光可调的多功能太赫兹几何相位超表面

Optically switchable multifunctional terahertz geometric phase metasurface

  • 摘要: 基于金属-光敏硅组合圆环提出了一种光可调太赫兹超表面,可用于实现多功能的波前操控。该超表面单元由正反两面的结构层和中间介质层组成,其中结构层是开口方向相反的金属环,开口处由光敏硅进行填充。在光照强度较低时,超表面可以将入射的圆极化波转换为交叉极化的透射波;随着光照强度升高,透射波将逐渐被完全抑制。根据几何相位原理,通过旋转金属-光敏硅组合圆环,透射的交叉极化波会携带额外的相位因子,并可实现完全的2π范围相位覆盖。通过合理排列超表面单元结构,可以对透射波的波前实现任意操控。利用提出的光可调超表面,在较低光照条件下实现了高效的异常折射、透镜以及轨道角动量产生器;在较高光照条件下,抑制了其透射效率,可有条件地选择应用功能,表现出较好的灵活性。提出的光可调超表面在太赫兹成像、通信、雷达等方面具有较大的潜在应用价值。

     

    Abstract: An optically switchable terahertz metasurface was proposed based on the metal-photosensitive silicon combination rings, which could be used to achieve multifunctional wavefront control. The metasurface was composed of double-sided structural layers and an intermediate medium layer, from which the structural layers were metal rings with opposite opening directions, and the opening was filled by photosensitive silicon. At a lower light intensity, the metasurfaces could convert the incident circularly polarized waves into cross-polarized transmitted waves. As the light intensity increasing, the transmitted waves would be completely suppressed. Based on the geometric phase principle, by rotating the metal-photosensitive silicon combination ring, the transmitted cross-polarization wave would carry additional phase factors, and could achieve a complete 2π-range phase coverage. By properly arranging the metasurface unit structure, the wavefront of the transmitted wave could be manipulated arbitrarily. The proposed optically switchable metasurface enabled an efficient anomalous refraction, metalens and orbital angular momentum generator under lower light conditions, while the transmission efficiency was suppressed and the application function could be conditionally selected under higher light conditions, which showed the better flexibility. Therefore, the proposed device has great potential applications in terahertz imaging, communication, radar, and etc.

     

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