• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 14, Issue 2, 201 (2021)
Chunyu LIU1, Yanfeng LI1、*, Xi FENG1、2, Xixiang ZHANG2, Jiaguang HAN1, and Weili ZHANG3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Terahertz Waves, College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education of China), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
  • 3School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-020-1098-8 Cite this Article
    Chunyu LIU, Yanfeng LI, Xi FENG, Xixiang ZHANG, Jiaguang HAN, Weili ZHANG. Dual non-diffractive terahertz beam generators based on all-dielectric metasurface[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2021, 14(2): 201 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The applications of terahertz (THz) technology can be greatly extended using non-diffractive beams with unique field distributions and non-diffractive transmission characteristics. Here, we design and experimentally demonstrate a set of dual non-diffractive THz beam generators based on an all-dielectric metasurface. Two kinds of non-diffractive beams with dramatically opposite focusing properties, Bessel beam and abruptly autofocusing (AAF) beam, are considered. A Bessel beam with longdistance non-diffractive characteristics and an AAF beam with low energy during transmission and abruptly increased energy near the focus are generated for x- and y-polarized incident waves, respectively. These two kinds of beams are characterized and the results agree well with simulations. In addition, we show numerically that these two kinds of beams can also carry orbital angular momentum by further imposing proper angular phases in the design. We believe that these metasurface-based beam generators have great potential use in THz imaging, communications, non-destructive evaluation, and many other fields.
    Chunyu LIU, Yanfeng LI, Xi FENG, Xixiang ZHANG, Jiaguang HAN, Weili ZHANG. Dual non-diffractive terahertz beam generators based on all-dielectric metasurface[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2021, 14(2): 201
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