Reconfigurable metasurfaces that enable light polarization control by light

Light, Science & Applications
Meng-Xin RenJing-Jun Xu

Abstract

Plasmonic metasurfaces have recently attracted much attention because of their novel characteristics with respect to light polarization and wave front control on deep-subwavelength scales. The development of metasurfaces with reconfigurable optical responses is opening new opportunities in high-capacity communications, real-time holograms and adaptive optics. Such tunable devices have been developed in the mid-infrared spectral range and operated in light intensity modulation schemes. Here we present a novel optically reconfigurable hybrid metasurface that enables polarization tuning at optical frequencies. The functionality of tuning is realized by switching the coupling conditions between the plasmonic modes and the binary isomeric states of an ethyl red switching layer upon light stimulation. We achieved more than 20° nonlinear changes in the transmitted polarization azimuth using just 4 mW of switching light power. Such design schemes and principles could be easily applied to dynamically adjust the functionalities of other metasurfaces.

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Jun 20, 2019·Advanced Materials·Mengxin RenJingjun Xu
May 2, 2020·Sensors·William O F Carvalho, J Ricardo Mejía-Salazar
Aug 12, 2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Andrew LiningerGiuseppe Strangi
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Dec 21, 2018·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Guanqiao ZhangJi Zhou
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