Dielectric metasurfaces for complete control of phase, amplitude and polarization
Dielectric metasurfaces for complete control of phase, amplitude and polarization
The achievable functionalities of metasurfaces are mainly determined by the capability of their unit cells to control the local electromagnetic responses. To realize full control over light, it is highly desired to find a kind of unit cell that can achieve complete control of the phase, amplitude, and polarization, which remains a big challenge and cannot be fully replaced with iteration algorithms. Here, such control is achieved by exploiting interference in a dielectric unit cell composed of multiple meta-atoms, namely, a meta-molecule. This strategy provides sufficient effective geometric degrees of freedom within the meta-molecule to enable full control over its optical properties, as is demonstrated here with a complete meta-molecule database. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, polarization-independent, polarization-dependent, and vectorial meta-holograms are proposed and experimentally characterized. High imaging quality is achieved in both the measured intensity and phase distributions. This is allowed by the ability of the meta-molecules to fully record the information of the target images. This strategy opens a direct way toward optical devices with various desirable functionalities.
complete control over light, dielectric metasurfaces, interference, meta-holograms, terahertz waves
Wu, Tong
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Zhang, Xueqian
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Xu, Quan
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4 January 2022
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Xu, Quan
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Ren, Guanhua
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Niu, Li
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Tian, Zhen
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Han, Jiaguang
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Wu, Tong, Zhang, Xueqian, Xu, Quan, Plum, Eric, Chen, Kaiji, Xu, Yuehong, Lu, Yongchang, Zhang, Huifang, Zhang, Ziying, Chen, Xieyu, Ren, Guanhua, Niu, Li, Tian, Zhen, Han, Jiaguang and Zhang, Weili
(2022)
Dielectric metasurfaces for complete control of phase, amplitude and polarization.
Advanced Optical Materials, 10 (1), [2101223].
(doi:10.1002/adom.202101223).
Abstract
The achievable functionalities of metasurfaces are mainly determined by the capability of their unit cells to control the local electromagnetic responses. To realize full control over light, it is highly desired to find a kind of unit cell that can achieve complete control of the phase, amplitude, and polarization, which remains a big challenge and cannot be fully replaced with iteration algorithms. Here, such control is achieved by exploiting interference in a dielectric unit cell composed of multiple meta-atoms, namely, a meta-molecule. This strategy provides sufficient effective geometric degrees of freedom within the meta-molecule to enable full control over its optical properties, as is demonstrated here with a complete meta-molecule database. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, polarization-independent, polarization-dependent, and vectorial meta-holograms are proposed and experimentally characterized. High imaging quality is achieved in both the measured intensity and phase distributions. This is allowed by the ability of the meta-molecules to fully record the information of the target images. This strategy opens a direct way toward optical devices with various desirable functionalities.
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Dielectric Metasurfaces for Complete Control - Accepted Manuscript
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 October 2021
Published date: 4 January 2022
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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0701004); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62075158, 11974259, 61735012, 62005193, 62025504, 61875150, 61935015); the Tianjin Municipal Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (18JCJQJC45600); the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant Nos. EP/M009122/1 and EP/T02643X/1).
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complete control over light, dielectric metasurfaces, interference, meta-holograms, terahertz waves
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ISSN: 2195-1071
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Tong Wu
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Xueqian Zhang
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Quan Xu
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Eric Plum
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Kaiji Chen
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Yuehong Xu
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Yongchang Lu
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Huifang Zhang
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Ziying Zhang
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Xieyu Chen
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Guanhua Ren
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