Researching | Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface

Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 13 >Issue 5 >Page 1191 > Article

Photonics Research
Vol. 13, Issue 5, 1191 (2025)

Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface

Yuxi Li^1,2, Ruichao Zhu^1,2,*, Sai Sui^1,2,4, Yajuan Han^1,2..., Yuxiang Jia^1,2, Chang Ding^1,2, Shaojie Wang^1,2, Cunqian Feng³, Shaobo Qu^1,2,5 and Jiafu Wang^1,2,6|Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹AeroSpace MetaMaterials Laboratory of Suzhou National Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

²Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Artificially-Structured Functional Materials and Devices, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

³Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710038, China

⁴e-mail: suisai_mail@foxmail.com

⁵e-mail: Qushaobo@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: wangjiafu1981@126.com

show less

DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.541146 Cite this Article Set citation alerts

Yuxi Li, Ruichao Zhu, Sai Sui, Yajuan Han, Yuxiang Jia, Chang Ding, Shaojie Wang, Cunqian Feng, Shaobo Qu, Jiafu Wang, "Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface," Photonics Res. 13, 1191 (2025) Copy Citation Text

show less

References

[1] F. Aieta, P. Genevet, M. A. Kats. Aberration-free ultrathin flat lenses and axicons at telecom wavelengths based on plasmonic metasurfaces. Nano Lett., 12, 4932-4936(2012).

[2] L. Bao, Q. Ma, R. Y. Wu. Programmable reflection–transmission shared-aperture metasurface for real-time control of electromagnetic waves in full spacem. Adv. Sci., 8, 2100149(2021).

[3] J. C. Ke, J. Y. Dai, J. W. Zhang. Frequency-modulated continuous waves controlled by space-time-coding metasurface with nonlinearly periodic phases. Light Sci. Appl., 11, 273(2022).

[4] N. Yu, P. Genevet, M. A. Kats. Light propagation with phase discontinuities: generalized laws of reflection and refraction. Science, 334, 333-337(2011).

[5] T. J. Cui, S. Liu, L. L. Li. Information entropy of coding metasurface. Light Sci. Appl., 5, e16172(2016).

[6] C. X. Liu, F. Yang, X. J. Fu. Programmable manipulations of terahertz beams by transmissive digital coding metasurfaces based on liquid crystals. Adv. Opt. Mater., 9, 2100932(2021).

[7] Y. X. Wang, Y. Y. Yuan, G. H. Yang. Perfect control of diffraction patterns with phase-gradient metasurfaces. ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 14, 16856-16865(2022).

[8] M. L. Ma, Z. Li, W. W. Liu. Optical information multiplexing with nonlinear coding metasurfaces. Laser Photonics Rev., 13, 1900045(2019).

[9] S. J. Li, B. W. Han, Z. Y. Li. Transmissive coding metasurface with dual-circularly polarized multi-beam. Opt. Express, 30, 26362-26376(2022).

[10] J. Y. Dai, J. Zhao, Q. Cheng. Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface. Light Sci. Appl., 7, 90(2018).

[11] H. B. Jing, Q. Ma, G. D. Bai. Anomalously perfect reflections based on 3-bit coding metasurfaces. Adv. Opt. Mater., 7, 1801742(2019).

[12] H. L. Wang, H. F. Ma, M. Chen. A reconfigurable multifunctional metasurface for full-space controls of electromagnetic waves. Adv. Funct. Mater., 31, 2100275(2021).

[13] Y. B. Pan, F. Lan, Y. X. Zhang. Dual-band multifunctional coding metasurface with a mingled anisotropic aperture for polarized manipulation in full space. Photonics Res., 10, 416-425(2022).

[14] L. Q. Cong, Y. K. Srivastava, H. F. Zhang. All-optical active THz metasurfaces for ultrafast polarization switching and dynamic beam splitting. Light Sci. Appl., 7, 28(2018).

[15] M. Jia, Z. Wang, H. T. Li. Efficient manipulations of circularly polarized terahertz waves with transmissive metasurfaces. Light Sci. Appl., 8, 16(2019).

[16] Y. Tian, X. F. Jing, H. Yu. Manipulation of the arbitrary scattering angle based on all-dielectric transmissive Pancharatnam Berry phase coding metasurfaces in the visible range. Opt. Express, 28, 32107-32123(2020).

[17] Y. Zhou, G. R. Zhang, H. Y. Chen. Design of phase gradient coding metasurfaces for broadband wave modulating. Sci. Rep., 8, 8672(2018).

[18] L. Zhang, Z. X. Wang, R. W. Shao. Dynamically realizing arbitrary multi-bit programmable phases using a 2-bit time-domain coding metasurface. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 68, 2984-2992(2020).

[19] W. L. Guo, G. M. Wang, H. S. Hou. Multi-functional coding metasurface for dual-band independent electromagnetic wave control. Opt. Express, 27, 19196-19211(2019).

[20] S. Y. Teng, Q. Zhang, H. Wang. Conversion between polarization states based on a metasurface. Photonics Res., 7, 246-250(2019).

[21] O. Akgol, E. Unal, O. Altintas. Design of metasurface polarization converter from linearly polarized signal to circularly polarized signal. Optik, 161, 12-19(2018).

[22] R. C. Zhu, J. F. Wang, Y. J. Han. Design of aperture-multiplexing metasurfaces via back-propagation neural network: independent control of orthogonally-polarized waves. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 70, 4569-4575(2022).

[23] H. H. Yang, X. Y. Cao, F. Yang. A programmable metasurface with dynamic polarization, scattering and focusing control. Sci. Rep., 6, 35692(2016).

[24] M. I. Khan, Z. Khalid, F. A. Tahir. Linear and circular-polarization conversion in X-band using anisotropic metasurface. Sci. Rep., 9, 4552(2019).

[25] S. Ali, J. R. Davies, J. T. Mendonca. Inverse Faraday effect with linearly polarized laser pulses. Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 035001(2010).

[26] X. Zhang, Z. Tian, W. Yue. Broadband terahertz wave deflection based on C-shape complex metamaterials with phase discontinuities. Adv. Mater., 25, 4567-4572(2013).

[27] W. H. Gao, M. Chen, Q. Cheng. A 1-bit coding metasurface with polarization conversion in X-band. Front. Mater., 9, 914937(2022).

[28] J. Xu, R. Q. Li, S. Y. Wang. Ultra-broadband linear polarization converter based on anisotropic metasurface. Opt. Express, 26, 26235-26241(2018).

[29] A. K. Baghel, S. S. Kulkarni, S. K. Nayak. Linear-to-cross-polarization transmission converter using ultrathin and smaller periodicity metasurface. IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., 18, 1433-1437(2019).

[30] C. F. Fu, L. F. Han, C. Liu. Dual-band polarization conversion metasurface for RCS reduction. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 69, 3044-3049(2021).

[31] F. X. Li, H. Y. Chen, L. B. Zhang. Compact high-efficiency broadband metamaterial polarizing reflector at microwave frequencies. IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., 67, 606-614(2019).

[32] X. Gao, L. X. Li, X. B. Wu. Ultra-wideband linear-to-circular polarizer realized by bi-layer metasurfaces. Opt. Express, 30, 18392-18401(2022).

[33] X. Wu, Y. Meng, L. Wang. Anisotropic metasurface with near-unity circular polarization conversion. Appl. Phys. Lett., 108, 183502(2016).

[34] J. H. Tian, X. Y. Cao, J. Gao. A reconfigurable ultra-wideband polarization converter based on metasurface incorporated with PIN diodes. J. Appl. Phys., 125, 135105(2019).

[35] X. Gao, W. L. Yang, H. F. Ma. A reconfigurable broadband polarization converter based on an active metasurface. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 66, 6086-6095(2018).

[36] W. Liu, J. C. Ke, C. Xiao. Broadband polarization-reconfigurable converter using active metasurfaces. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 71, 3725-3730(2023).

[37] Z. Qin, Y. F. Li, H. Wang. Polarization meta-converter for dynamic polarization states shifting with broadband characteristic. Opt. Express, 30, 20014-20025(2022).

[38] X. G. Zhang, W. X. Tang, W. X. Jiang. Light-controllable digital coding metasurfaces. Adv. Sci., 5, 1801028(2018).

[39] L. Chen, Q. F. Nie, Y. Ruan. Light-controllable metasurface for microwave wavefront manipulation. Opt. Express, 28, 18742-18749(2020).

[40] X. G. Zhang, Y. L. Sun, B. C. Zhu. Light-controllable time-domain digital coding metasurfaces. Adv. Photonics, 4, 025001(2022).

[41] Y. X. Li, J. F. Wang, S. Sui. Simplistic framework of single-pixel-programmable metasurfaces integrated with capsuled LED array. Photonics Res., 12, 884-894(2024).

Figures&Tables (8)

References (41)

Copy Citation Text

Yuxi Li, Ruichao Zhu, Sai Sui, Yajuan Han, Yuxiang Jia, Chang Ding, Shaojie Wang, Cunqian Feng, Shaobo Qu, Jiafu Wang, "Light-switchable polarization conversion via an optical-fiber-controlled metasurface," Photonics Res. 13, 1191 (2025)

Download Citation

Set citation alerts for the article

Set citation alerts for the article

Save the article for my favorites

Paper Information

Recommended Topics

laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

Set citation alerts for the article

Please enter your email address