Metadevice for intensity modulation with sub-wavelength spatial resolution
Metadevice for intensity modulation with sub-wavelength spatial resolution
Effectively continuous control over propagation of a beam of light requires light modulation with pixelation that is smaller than the optical wavelength. Here we propose a spatial intensity modulator with sub-wavelength resolution in one dimension. The metadevice combines recent advances in reconfigurable nanomembrane metamaterials and coherent all-optical control of metasurfaces. It uses nanomechanical actuation of metasurface absorber strips placed near a mirror in order to control their interaction with light from perfect absorption to negligible loss, promising a path towards dynamic beam diffraction, light focusing and holography without unwanted diffraction artefacts.
reconfigurable metamaterial, metadevice, spatial light modulator, optical properties on demand
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Cencillo Abad, Pablo M.
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Zheludev, Nikolay
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Plum, Eric
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18 November 2016
Cencillo Abad, Pablo M.
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Zheludev, Nikolay
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Plum, Eric
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Cencillo Abad, Pablo M., Zheludev, Nikolay and Plum, Eric
(2016)
Metadevice for intensity modulation with sub-wavelength spatial resolution.
Scientific Reports, 6, .
(doi:10.1038/srep37109).
Abstract
Effectively continuous control over propagation of a beam of light requires light modulation with pixelation that is smaller than the optical wavelength. Here we propose a spatial intensity modulator with sub-wavelength resolution in one dimension. The metadevice combines recent advances in reconfigurable nanomembrane metamaterials and coherent all-optical control of metasurfaces. It uses nanomechanical actuation of metasurface absorber strips placed near a mirror in order to control their interaction with light from perfect absorption to negligible loss, promising a path towards dynamic beam diffraction, light focusing and holography without unwanted diffraction artefacts.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 November 2016
Published date: 18 November 2016
Keywords:
reconfigurable metamaterial, metadevice, spatial light modulator, optical properties on demand
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Optoelectronics Research Centre
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Local EPrints ID: 402023
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402023
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Pablo M. Cencillo Abad
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Nikolay Zheludev
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Eric Plum
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