Metasurface-based optical liquid crystal cell as an ultrathin spatial phase modulator for THz applications
Metasurface-based optical liquid crystal cell as an ultrathin spatial phase modulator for THz applications
A concept of an efficient ultrathin spatial phase modulator for correcting terahertz wavefronts in transmission with subwavelength spatial resolution is experimentally demonstrated. It exploits a combination of spatially addressable resonant planar metamaterials (so-called metasurfaces) and an optically thin (<0.04λ) low-voltage (<20 V) liquid crystal cell. The device allows "imprinting"of a 2D phase profile of any spatial complexity with a spatial resolution better than 0.23λ and can be readily fabricated using the well-established LC-device technology and high-resolution photolithography technique.
hybrid metamaterials, liquid crystal devices, planar metamaterials, spatial light modulators, terahertz
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Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Podoliak, Nina
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Kaltenecker, Korbinian
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Walther, Markus
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Fedotov, Vassili
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18 November 2020
Buchnev, Oleksandr
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Podoliak, Nina
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Kaltenecker, Korbinian
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Walther, Markus
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Fedotov, Vassili
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Buchnev, Oleksandr, Podoliak, Nina, Kaltenecker, Korbinian, Walther, Markus and Fedotov, Vassili
(2020)
Metasurface-based optical liquid crystal cell as an ultrathin spatial phase modulator for THz applications.
ACS Photonics, 7 (11), .
(doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01263).
Abstract
A concept of an efficient ultrathin spatial phase modulator for correcting terahertz wavefronts in transmission with subwavelength spatial resolution is experimentally demonstrated. It exploits a combination of spatially addressable resonant planar metamaterials (so-called metasurfaces) and an optically thin (<0.04λ) low-voltage (<20 V) liquid crystal cell. The device allows "imprinting"of a 2D phase profile of any spatial complexity with a spatial resolution better than 0.23λ and can be readily fabricated using the well-established LC-device technology and high-resolution photolithography technique.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 November 2020
Published date: 18 November 2020
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This work is supported by the Royal Society through Grant IE130472 and by the U.K.’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through an extension of Career Acceleration Fellowship EP/G00515X/1. Following a period of embargo, the data from this paper can be obtained from the University of Southampton repository at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1620 .
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hybrid metamaterials, liquid crystal devices, planar metamaterials, spatial light modulators, terahertz
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444960
ISSN: 2330-4022
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