Modular design for versatile broadband polarizing metasurfaces with freely switching functions
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Journal Article
Abstract
Polarization is a fundamental property of electromagnetic waves that plays a key role in many physical phenomena and applications. Schemes to manipulate it are revisited with the emergence of metasurfaces, which have brought multi-functionalities straightforwardly. However, this has come at the expense of design complexity that relies strongly on field theory. Here, an ingenious strategy of modular design is proposed to construct subwavelength multifunctional polarization control devices. Chiral metasurfaces with different handedness are first proposed and regarded as modules. The versatile polarization controller can thus be obtained with the combination of different modules. These experiments demonstrate that the well-designed polarization controller possesses reconfigurable functionality, and various broadband polarization and amplitude regulation functions with high efficiency including arbitrary linear polarization rotation, asymmetric transmission effect, neutral-density-like filter, polarization beam splitter, etc., can be readily realized just by changing the cascaded modules. The physical mechanisms of the versatile polarization controller and chiral metasurface modules are both guaranteed by the Fabry–Pérot-like resonances, which are theoretically verified via the transfer matrix method. It is envisioned that the modular concept will be of great benefit to designing compact multifunctional polarization controllers.
Date Issued
2023-07-04
Date Acceptance
2023-04-01
Citation
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33 (27)
ISSN
1616-301X
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Functional Materials
Volume
33
Issue
27
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Subjects
broadband
Chemistry
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
chiral metasurfaces
Fabry-Perot-like resonance
LIGHT
Materials Science
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
METAMATERIALS
modular designs
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
POLARIZATION
Science & Technology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Technology
versatile polarization controller
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
2215105
Date Publish Online
2023-04-23