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The ability to control waves at the nanoscale has attracted considerable attention to ultrathin metasurface lenses (metalenses) in optical imaging and encryption systems. We propose an approach to active tuning metasurfaces by integrating…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-20 Shamsi Soleimani , Kasra Rouhi , Ali Momeni

Metasurfaces have provided new opportunities for the realization of flat lenses, among which tunable metalenses have garnered considerable attention due to their flexible functionalities. In this paper, we present a continuously tunable…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-30 Yilong Cui , Liang Hou , Kenan Guo , Yue Jiang , Qiegen Liu , Shuyuan Xiao , Tingting Liu

In this paper, a tunable metamaterial perfect absorber based on vanadium dioxide (VO2) is designed in the terahertz frequency range. The proposed structure is simulated by the numerical method of three-dimensional Finite Difference Time…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-30 Zahra Madadi

We present a hybrid device platform for creating an electrically reconfigurable metasurface formed by the integration of plasmonic nanostructures with phase-change material germanium antimony telluride (GST). By changing the phase of GST…

Metasurfaces enable a new paradigm of controlling electromagnetic waves by manipulating subwavelength artificial structures within just a fraction of wavelength. Despite the rapid growth, simultaneously achieving low-dimensionality, high…

Metasurfaces have been extensively engineered to produce a wide range of optical phenomena, allowing unprecedented control over the propagation of light. However, they are generally designed as single-purpose devices without a modifiable…

Efficient hybrid plasmonic-photonic metasurfaces that simultaneously take advantage of the potential of both pure metallic and all-dielectric nanoantennas are identified as an emerging technology in flat optics. Nevertheless,…

Ultrathin and flat optical lenses are essential for modern optical imaging, spectroscopy, and energy harvesting. Dielectric metasurfaces comprising nanoscale quasi-periodic resonator arrays are promising for such applications, as they can…

The emergence of metamaterial has provided an unprecedented ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves, especially in the terahertz band where there is a lack of natural response materials. However, most metamaterials are fixed single…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-12 Bo Yu , Lesiqi Yin , Peng Wang , Cheng Gong

The terahertz spectral region, which bridges between electronics and optics, is poised to play an important role in the development of transformative wireless communication and imaging systems with unprecedented functionality. Currently, a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-11-22 Chen Chen , Sai Chen , Yibo Ni , Yibao Xu , Yuanmu Yang

Optical metasurfaces have enabled high-speed, low-power image processing within a compact footprint. However, reconfigurable imaging in such flat devices remains a critical challenge for fully harnessing their potential in practical…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-25 Tingting Liu , Jumin Qiu , Tianbao Yu , Qiegen Liu , Jie Li , Shuyuan Xiao

Metasurfaces have the potential to miniaturize and improve the performance of any optical element, with applications spanning telecommunications, computing and wearable optics. However, the ability to retain functionality over a continuous,…

This paper proposes a reconfigurable planar metamaterial that can be switched between capacitive and inductive responses using local changes in the electrical conductivity of its constituent material. The proposed device is based on…

Actively tunable and reconfigurable wavefront shaping by optical metasurfaces poses a significant technical challenge often requiring unconventional materials engineering and nanofabrication. Most wavefront-shaping metasurfaces can be…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-24 Stephanie C. Malek , Adam C. Overvig , Sajan Shrestha , Nanfang Yu

Reconfigurable metasurfaces are potent platforms to control the propagation properties of light dynamically. Among different reconfiguration mechanisms available at optical frequencies, using non-volatile phase change materials is one of…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Luis Manuel Máñez-Espina , Ana Díaz-Rubio

Metasurfaces have revolutionized nonlinear and quantum light manipulation in the past decade, enabling the design of materials that can tune polarization, frequency, and direction of light simultaneously. However, tuning of metasurfaces is…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-11 Huanyu Zhou , Xueqi Ni , Beicheng Lou , Shanhui Fan , Yuan Cao , Haoning Tang

The VO2-based THz metasurface optical switching threshold is reduced by more than five orders of magnitude to 0.32-0.4 W/cm2 due to the supply of a subthreshold electric current. Moreover, additional deposition of Au nanoparticles can…

Metasurfaces have revolutionized the design concepts for opticalcomponents, fostering an excitingfield offlat optics. Thanks to theflat and ultrathinnature, metasurfaces possess unique advantages over conventional optical components,such as…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-03 Jianxiong Li , Ping Yu , Shuang Zhang , Na Liu

Nanostructured metasurfaces offer unique capabilities for local control of the phase and amplitude of transmitted and reflected optical waves. Based on this potential, a large number of metasurfaces have been proposed in recent years as…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-26 Ori Avayu , Euclides Almeida , Yehiam Prior , Tal Ellenbogen

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDCs) are promising candidates for ultra-thin active nanophotonic elements due to the strong tunable excitonic resonances that dominate their optical response. Here we demonstrate…

Optics · Physics 2023-04-26 Melissa Li , Claudio U. Hail , Souvik Biswas , Harry A. Atwater