Ultra-thin metamaterial-enhanced liquid-crystal terahertz spatial phase modulator
Ultra-thin metamaterial-enhanced liquid-crystal terahertz spatial phase modulator
We demonstrate experimentally a very thin THz spatial phase modulator based on planar metamaterials hybridysed with a liquid-crystal (LC) cell. It consists of two layers of THz planar metamaterials separated by a 12 µm thick LC layer. Besides enhancing optical anisotropy of the LC layer, the metamaterials also act as spatially addressable electrodes, which transform the resulting structure into an array of sub-wavelength pixels with independently controlled electromagnetic phase. Our approach brings about a new family of LC-enabled but optically thin THz devices for efficient control and manipulation of THz wavefronts
Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Podoliak, Nina
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Kaltenecker, Korbian
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Walther, Markus
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Fedotov, Vassili
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August 2019
Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Podoliak, Nina
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Kaltenecker, Korbian
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Walther, Markus
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Kaczmarek, Malgosia
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Fedotov, Vassili
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Buchnev, Oleksandr, Podoliak, Nina, Kaltenecker, Korbian, Walther, Markus, Kaczmarek, Malgosia and Fedotov, Vassili
(2019)
Ultra-thin metamaterial-enhanced liquid-crystal terahertz spatial phase modulator.
SPIE Optics and Photonics 2019, United States, San Diego, United States.
11 - 15 Aug 2019.
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We demonstrate experimentally a very thin THz spatial phase modulator based on planar metamaterials hybridysed with a liquid-crystal (LC) cell. It consists of two layers of THz planar metamaterials separated by a 12 µm thick LC layer. Besides enhancing optical anisotropy of the LC layer, the metamaterials also act as spatially addressable electrodes, which transform the resulting structure into an array of sub-wavelength pixels with independently controlled electromagnetic phase. Our approach brings about a new family of LC-enabled but optically thin THz devices for efficient control and manipulation of THz wavefronts
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Published date: August 2019
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SPIE Optics and Photonics 2019, United States, San Diego, United States, 2019-08-11 - 2019-08-15
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433620
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Oleksandr Buchnev
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Nina Podoliak
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Korbian Kaltenecker
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Markus Walther
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