Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 4, 0405001(2022)

ITO-Based Active Metasurfaces with Phase Tunability

Feng Gao, Chenyue Zhu, Jingyue Li, Chunyan Wu*, and Linbao Luo
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  • School of Electronic Science and Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei , Anhui 230601, China
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    Electrical simulation results. (a) Schematic of electrically tunable ITO metasurface, the MOS structure consists of a gold back plane, a thin ITO film, a thin Al2O3 film, and gold stripe nanoantenna array; (b) spatial distribution of the carrier concentration under different applied voltages; (c)(d) distribution diagrams of the permittivity of ITO at different voltages and depths at a wavelength of 1470 nm
    MOS structure with charge accumulation (dash) and charge depletion (solid). (a) Schematic of MOS structure; (b) energy-band diagram; (c) carrier density curve; (d) as the carrier density increases or decreases at the interface, the real part of the permittivity changes from positive to negative
    Optical simulation results of adjustable metasurface. (a) Reflection phase as a function of voltage and wavelength; (b) reflectance as a function of voltage and wavelength; (c)‒(e) spatial distribution of the electric field Ey at 1470-nm wavelength under applied bias of 0, 2.5, 5 V, respectively
    Practical applications of deflection and focusing. (a) Schematic of the electrically tunable reflectarray antenna; (b) simulated electric field distribution with the bending angle of -18o; (c) simulated relationship between the reflection amplitude and the angle; (d) electric field distribution at focal length of 6λ
    Double-gated metasurface. (a) Schematic of the unit cell of the double-gated metasurface, the thicknesses of the antenna array, the gate dielectrics, the ITO layer, and the back reflector are t1= 50 nm, t2=9.5 nm, t3=5 nm, and t4= 80 nm, respectively, and the electrode width is w2=170 nm; (b) simulated result of charge carrier distribution; (c) real part of the dielectric permittivity of the ITO as a function of the applied voltage and position; (d) maximum phase achieved under different voltages at λ=1500 nm
    • Table 1. Phase and voltage values of each antenna in deflection applications

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      Table 1. Phase and voltage values of each antenna in deflection applications

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      Phase /(o-52-236356493122151180209
      Voltage /V00.81.351.762.122.462.823.213.724.55
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    Feng Gao, Chenyue Zhu, Jingyue Li, Chunyan Wu, Linbao Luo. ITO-Based Active Metasurfaces with Phase Tunability[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(4): 0405001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Diffraction and Gratings

    Received: Mar. 8, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Wu Chunyan (cywu@hfut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.0405001

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