Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 0424001(2024)

Multi-Frequency and Multi-Beam Tunable Terahertz Coding Metasurface in Full Space

Zhixiong Yang1, Jingli Wang1、*, Wenjun Sun1, Liang Yin1, Xianchao Dong1, Hongdan Wan1, Heming Chen2, and Kai Zhong3
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  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
  • 2Bell Honors School, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
  • 3School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Coding metasurface. (a) Schematic diagram of unit structure; (b) VO2 phase change process and generated full-space multi-frequency multi-beam
    Transmission amplitude and phase of coding metasurface unit. (a) LCP; (b) RCP
    1-bit anisotropic reflective coding metasurface units with dual frequency points. (a) 0 (f2-lx1) and 1 (f2-lx2); (b) 0 (f2-ly1) and 1 (f2-ly2); (c) 0 (f3-lm1) and 1 (f3-lm2); (d) 0 (f3-ln1) and 1 (f3-ln2)
    Coding metasurface. (a) Overall and partial diagrams; coding sequences (b) A, (c) B, (d) C, (e) D, and (f) E
    Transmitted vortex wave. (a) Far-field scattering; (b) phase
    Two symmetrical beams. (a) Far-field scattering and (b) electric field at f2=0.5 THz; (c) far-field scattering and (d) electric field at f3=0.85 THz
    Four symmetrical beams. (a) Far-field scattering; (b) 2D electric field distribution
    Coding metasurface. (a) Scattered field distribution; (b) comparison of RCS shrinkage with metal plate
    • Table 1. Design and performance comparison of coding metasurface

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      Table 1. Design and performance comparison of coding metasurface

      MetasurfaceVO2PBAnisotropyAll spaceFrequencyBeam forms
      Ref.[10NoYesNoNoOneOne
      Ref.[29NoNoYesNoTwoSix
      Ref.[30YesYesNoYesTwoTwo
      Our workYesYesYesYesThreeFive
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    Zhixiong Yang, Jingli Wang, Wenjun Sun, Liang Yin, Xianchao Dong, Hongdan Wan, Heming Chen, Kai Zhong. Multi-Frequency and Multi-Beam Tunable Terahertz Coding Metasurface in Full Space[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(4): 0424001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optics at Surfaces

    Received: Oct. 8, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 1, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Wang Jingli (jlwang@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231625

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS231625

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