Polarization-multiplexing metasurfaces for tunable wavefront configurations via Moiré engineering

Wenhui Xu; Hui Li; Chenghui Zhao; Jie Li; Qi Tan; Yufei Liu; Hang Xu; Yun Shen; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.561412

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2130(2025)

Polarization-multiplexing metasurfaces for tunable wavefront configurations via Moiré engineering

Wenhui Xu¹, Hui Li¹, Chenghui Zhao², Jie Li³, Qi Tan¹, Yufei Liu¹, Hang Xu^1,5、*, Yun Shen^2,6、*, and Jianquan Yao^1,4,7、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

²Department of Physics, School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China

³Sichuan Meteorological Optoelectronic Sensor Technology and Application Engineering Research Center, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China

⁴Key Laboratory of Photonic-Electronic Integration and Communication-Sensing Convergence (Southwest Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610097, China

⁵e-mail: xh_931119@tju.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: shenyun@ncu.edu.cn

⁷e-mail: jqyao@tju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

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)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.561412

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.561412

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