Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface

Yuxi Li; Ruichao Zhu; Sai Sui; Yajuan Han; Yuxiang Jia; Chang Ding; Shaojie Wang; Cunqian Feng; Shaobo Qu; Jiafu Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.541146

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 5, 1191(2025)

Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface

Yuxi Li1...2, Ruichao Zhu1,2,*, Sai Sui1,2,4, Yajuan Han1,2, Yuxiang Jia1,2, Chang Ding1,2, Shaojie Wang1,2, Cunqian Feng3, Shaobo Qu1,2,5, and Jiafu Wang1,26 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹AeroSpace MetaMaterials Laboratory of Suzhou National Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

²Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Artificially-Structured Functional Materials and Devices, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

³Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

⁴e-mail: suisai_mail@foxmail.com

⁵e-mail: Qushaobo@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: wangjiafu1981@126.com

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