Dual-function switchable terahertz surface plasmon device driven by a GST metasurface

Guanghong Xu; Quan Li; Hao Su; Yisheng Dong; Guanxuan Guo; Huirong Wang; Hai Huang; Tai Chen; Shuang Wang; Xueqian Zhang; Zhen Tian

doi:10.1364/PRJ.537944

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 98(2025)

Dual-function switchable terahertz surface plasmon device driven by a GST metasurface

Guanghong Xu¹, Quan Li^1、*, Hao Su¹, Yisheng Dong², Guanxuan Guo², Huirong Wang¹, Hai Huang¹, Tai Chen¹, Shuang Wang¹, Xueqian Zhang^2,3, and Zhen Tian²

Author Affiliations

¹School of Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin 300222, China

²Center for Terahertz Waves, College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

³e-mail: alearn1988@tju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Jul. 30, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 22, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Quan Li (quanli@tute.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.537944

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.537944

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