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We present a semi-analytical model to analyze multi-tile metasurface antennas consisting of a set of metasurface tiles and a practical power-dividing network that excites the tiles. The metasurface tiles consist of arrays of rectangular…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-19 Insang Yoo , Michael Boyarsky , David R. Smith

Optical approaches for wavefront shaping traditionally rely on phase modulation through holographic techniques. Shaping the phase determines a wave's diffraction and hence its intensity distribution in space. We instead show that shaping…

Spoof surface plasmon (SSP) meta-couplers that efficiently integrate other diversified functionalities into a single ultrathin device are highly desirable in the modern microwave and terahertz fields. However, the diversified…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-24 Li-Zheng Yin , Tie-Jun Huang , Feng-Yuan Han , Jiang-Yu Liu , Pu-Kun Liu

The appearance of nonlinear effects in elastic wave propagation is one of the most reliable and sensitive indicators of the onset of material damage. However, these effects are usually very small and can be detected only using cumbersome…

Optical geometric-phase metasurface provides a robust and efficient means for light control by simply manipulating the spatial orientations of the in-plane anisotropic meta-atoms, where polarization conversion plays a vital role. However,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Bingyi Liu , Qunshuo Wei , Zhaoxian Su , Yongtian Wang , Lingling Huang

Harnessing artificial optical magnetism requires rather complex two- and three-dimensional structures, examples include split-ring and fishnet metamaterials and nanoparticles with non-trivial magnetic properties. By contrast, dielectric…

Nonlinear optical phenomena are generally governed by geometry in matter systems, as they depend on the spatial arrangement of atoms within materials or molecules. Metasurfaces, through precisely designed geometries on a subwavelength…

Wave propagation control is of fundamental interest in many areas of Physics. It can be achieved with wavelength-scaled photonic crystals, hence avoiding low frequency applications. By contrast, metamaterials are structured on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Simon Yves , Thomas Berthelot , Geoffroy Lerosey , Fabrice Lemoult

Nonlinear phononics relies on the resonant optical excitation of infrared-active lattice vibrations to coherently induce targeted structural deformations in solids. This form of dynamical crystal-structure design has been applied to control…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Meredith Henstridge , Michael Först , Edward Rowe , Michael Fechner , Andrea Cavalleri

Following the discovery of moir\'e-driven superconductivity in twisted graphene multilayers, twistronics has spurred a surge of interest in tailored broken symmetries through angular rotations, enabling new properties from electronics to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Simon Yves , Emanuele Galiffi , Xiang Ni , Enrico Maria Renzi , Andrea Alù

Optically resonant dielectric metasurfaces offer unique capability to fully control the wavefront, polarisation, intensity or spectral content of light based on the excitation and interference of different electric and magnetic Mie…

Precise control of the polarization and propagation direction of elastic waves is a fundamental challenge in elastodynamics. Achieving efficient mode conversion along arbitrary paths with conventional techniques has proven difficult. In…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Shiheng Zhao , Zhan Tian , Jiaji Chen , Heng Jiang , Zheng Chang , Guoliang Huang

We present the design of rectangular waveguide-excited metasurfaces for near-field shaping using a coupled dipole framework. Waveguide-fed metasurfaces are array-like radiating systems typically constructed from one or more waveguides…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-21 Insang Yoo , Dong Hwan Min , Thomas Fromenteze , Okan Yurduseven

Sensing light's polarization and wavefront direction enables surface curvature assessment, material identification, shadow differentiation, and improved image quality in turbid environments. Traditional polarization cameras utilize multiple…

Metasurfaces, with their ability to control electromagnetic waves, hold immense potential in optical device design, especially for applications requiring precise control over dispersion. This work introduces an approach to dispersion…

Metasurfaces with local phase tuning by subwavelength elements promise unprecedented possibilities for ultra-thin and multifunctional optical devices, in which geometric phase design is widely used due to its resonant-free and large…

A device that achieves controllable rotation of the state of polarization by rotating the orientation of the eigenmodes of a waveguide by 45$^{\circ}$ is introduced and analyzed. The device can be implemented using lossless materials on a…

Optics · Physics 2016-04-20 PoHan Chang , Charles Lin , Amr S. Helmy

Control of the polarization state of light is essential for many technologies, but is often limited by weak light-matter interactions that necessitate long device path lengths or significantly reduce the signal intensity. Here, we…

Terahertz (THz) frequency range holds immense potential for high-speed data processing and signal manipulation. However, a fundamental challenge remains: the efficient and tunable control of THz electromagnetic fields. One promising…

We present a design strategy for selecting the effective polarizability distribution for a metasurface aperture needed to form a desired radiation pattern. A metasurface aperture consists of an array of subwavelength metamaterial elements,…