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Reflective chiral meta-holography: multiplexing holograms for circularly polarized waves

Reflective chiral meta-holography: multiplexing holograms for circularly polarized waves
Reflective chiral meta-holography: multiplexing holograms for circularly polarized waves
By allowing almost arbitrary distributions of amplitude and phase of electromagnetic waves to be generated by a layer of sub-wavelength-size unit cells, metasurfaces have given rise to the field of meta-holography. However, holography with circularly polarized waves remains complicated as the achiral building blocks of existing meta-holograms inevitably contribute to holographic images generated by both left-handed and right-handed waves. Here, we demonstrate how planar chirality enables the fully independent realization of high-efficiency meta-holograms for one circular polarization or the other. Such circular-polarization-selective meta-holograms are based on chiral building blocks that reflect either left-handed or right-handed circularly polarized waves with an orientation-dependent phase. Using terahertz waves, we experimentally demonstrate that this allows the straightforward design of reflective phase meta-holograms, where the use of alternating structures of opposite handedness yields independent holographic images for circularly polarized waves of opposite handedness with negligible polarization cross-talk.
metamaterial, holography, multiplexing holograms, chirality, planar chirality, 2D chirality, terahertz
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Wang, Qiu
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Plum, Eric
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Yang, Quanlong
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Zhang, Xueqian
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Xu, Quan
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Xu, Yuehong
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Han, Jiaguang
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Zhang, Weili
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Wang, Qiu
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Plum, Eric
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Yang, Quanlong
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Zhang, Xueqian
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Xu, Quan
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Xu, Yuehong
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Han, Jiaguang
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Zhang, Weili
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Wang, Qiu, Plum, Eric, Yang, Quanlong, Zhang, Xueqian, Xu, Quan, Xu, Yuehong, Han, Jiaguang and Zhang, Weili (2018) Reflective chiral meta-holography: multiplexing holograms for circularly polarized waves. Light: Science & Applications, 7, 1-9, [25]. (doi:10.1038/s41377-018-0019-8).

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Abstract

By allowing almost arbitrary distributions of amplitude and phase of electromagnetic waves to be generated by a layer of sub-wavelength-size unit cells, metasurfaces have given rise to the field of meta-holography. However, holography with circularly polarized waves remains complicated as the achiral building blocks of existing meta-holograms inevitably contribute to holographic images generated by both left-handed and right-handed waves. Here, we demonstrate how planar chirality enables the fully independent realization of high-efficiency meta-holograms for one circular polarization or the other. Such circular-polarization-selective meta-holograms are based on chiral building blocks that reflect either left-handed or right-handed circularly polarized waves with an orientation-dependent phase. Using terahertz waves, we experimentally demonstrate that this allows the straightforward design of reflective phase meta-holograms, where the use of alternating structures of opposite handedness yields independent holographic images for circularly polarized waves of opposite handedness with negligible polarization cross-talk.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 April 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 June 2018
Published date: 2018
Keywords: metamaterial, holography, multiplexing holograms, chirality, planar chirality, 2D chirality, terahertz

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Local EPrints ID: 421794
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421794
PURE UUID: 2ec08200-4055-4ca6-8c90-e246dfed26e7
ORCID for Eric Plum: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-1840

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Date deposited: 27 Jun 2018 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:59

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Author: Qiu Wang
Author: Eric Plum ORCID iD
Author: Quanlong Yang
Author: Xueqian Zhang
Author: Quan Xu
Author: Yuehong Xu
Author: Jiaguang Han
Author: Weili Zhang

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