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Metadevice for intensity modulation with sub-wavelength spatial resolution

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
37109
Cencillo Abad, Pablo M.
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Zheludev, Nikolay
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Plum, Eric
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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, 37109. (doi:10.1038/srep37109).

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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
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 402023
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402023
PURE UUID: a6f9b6e9-2b13-48ba-b8f6-b2877199b418
ORCID for Nikolay Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636
ORCID for Eric Plum: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-1840

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Date deposited: 26 Oct 2016 14:10
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: Pablo M. Cencillo Abad
Author: Eric Plum ORCID iD

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