Generating superposed terahertz perfect vortices via a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface

Fan Huang; Quan Xu; Wanying Liu; Tong Wu; Jianqiang Gu; Jiaguang Han; Weili Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.476120

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 3, 431(2023)

Generating superposed terahertz perfect vortices via a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface

Fan Huang¹, Quan Xu^1,4、*, Wanying Liu¹, Tong Wu¹, Jianqiang Gu^1,5、*, Jiaguang Han^1,2, and Weili Zhang³

¹Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin 300072, China

²Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China

³School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA

⁴e-mail: quanxu@tju.edu.cn

⁵e-mail: gjq@tju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Sep. 20, 2022

Accepted: Jan. 11, 2023

Published Online: Feb. 24, 2023

The Author Email: Quan Xu (quanxu@tju.edu.cn), Jianqiang Gu (gjq@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.476120

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