Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2130(2025)
Polarization-multiplexing metasurfaces for tunable wavefront configurations via Moiré engineering
Fig. 1. Schematic representation of the designed Moiré device 1 for on-demand wavefront shaping. (a) Conceptual illustration of the proposed Moiré device 1, comprising two layers of mechanically rotated all-dielectric metasurfaces (Layer 1 and Layer 2). (b) Phase distribution of Layer 1 at a mutual twisted angle (
Fig. 2. Transmission properties of the selected meta-atoms used to assemble the Moiré device 1. (a) Side and top views of the meta-atoms employed to construct Layer 1 with polarization maintaining properties. (b) Transmission amplitudes and phase delays of cylindrical dielectric pillars labeled from 1 to 8 that satisfy the
Fig. 3. Encoded phase profiles and generated electric field distributions of Moiré device 1. (a) Encoded phase distributions of Layer 2 within the
Fig. 4. Simulation results of the designed Moiré device 2 under
Fig. 5. Characterization of THz near-field scanning spectroscopy system and fabricated samples. (a) Schematic diagram of the THz time-domain scanning spectroscopy system. SEM photographs of the fabricated samples, including (b) Layer 1 and (c) Layer 2 of Moiré device 2.
Fig. 6. Experimental results of Moiré device 2. (a) The obtained electric fields and phase distributions under the
Fig. 7. Simulation results of Moiré device 1. (a) The obtained phase distributions in the
Fig. 8. Angular-dependent APEs for focal length and NA in Moiré device 1, computed from simulation-theory comparisons across six rotational configurations (90°, 120°, 150°, 180°, 210°, 240°).
Fig. 9. Crosstalk values obtained at orthogonal circular polarization incidence for different rotation angles (90°–240°); red bars for RCP incidence, blue bars for LCP incidence.
Fig. 10. Simulation results of Moiré device 2. (a) The obtained electric fields in the
Fig. 11. Experimental details of Moiré device 2. (a) The GCT-090101 modules embedded in metasurface sample Layer 1 and Layer 2 and (b) coaxially aligned GCT-090101 modules.
Fig. 12. The APEs between simulated and experimental values for focal length and NA across angular displacements spanning 90° to 240° (30° increments).
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Wenhui Xu, Hui Li, Chenghui Zhao, Jie Li, Qi Tan, Yufei Liu, Hang Xu, Yun Shen, Jianquan Yao, "Polarization-multiplexing metasurfaces for tunable wavefront configurations via Moiré engineering," Photonics Res. 13, 2130 (2025)
Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics
Received: Mar. 5, 2025
Accepted: May. 5, 2025
Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025
The Author Email: Hang Xu (xh_931119@tju.edu.cn), Yun Shen (shenyun@ncu.edu.cn), Jianquan Yao (jqyao@tju.edu.cn)
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