• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 6, 062402 (2020)
Ata Ur Rahman Khalid, Juan Liu*, Naeem Ullah, and Shiqi Jia
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  • Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.062402 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ata Ur Rahman Khalid, Juan Liu, Naeem Ullah, Shiqi Jia. Tunable beam deflection based on plasmonic resonators mounted freestanding thermoresponsive hydrogel[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(6): 062402 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and numerically demonstrate a dynamic beam deflector based on plasmonic resonator loaded thermoresponsive freestanding hydrogel that swells and collapses in water by temperature. For this purpose, we utilize four-step phase gradients mounted on freestanding hydrated hydrogel. For normal incidence, linearly orthogonal light deflects to 19.44° in the collapsed state and 14.40° in the swollen state of hydrogel. Furthermore, the light deflects at a third angle of 12.29° when the solvent changes from water to ethanol. It is expected that our metadesign will provide a platform for dynamic holography, active lensing, data storage, and anticounterfeiting.
    ntsinθtnisinθi=λo2πdΦdx,(1)

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    θ1=|θt|=arcsin(λontΛ1)=arcsin(700nm1.46×1440nm)=19.44°,(2)

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    θ2=|θt|=arcsin(λontΛ2)=arcsin(700nm1.34×2100nm)=14.40°,(3)

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    θ3=|θt|=arcsin(λontΛ3)=arcsin(700nm1.37×2400nm)=12.29°.(4)

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    Ata Ur Rahman Khalid, Juan Liu, Naeem Ullah, Shiqi Jia. Tunable beam deflection based on plasmonic resonators mounted freestanding thermoresponsive hydrogel[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(6): 062402
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