• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 485 (2023)
Fuyu Li1、3、*, Yuanxun Li1、4、*, Tingting Tang2, Yongcheng Lu1, Xinyan Liu1, Yulong Liao1, and Qiye Wen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Information Materials and Device Applications Key Laboratory of Sichuan Provincial Universities, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China
  • 3e-mail: f_y_lee@163.com
  • 4e-mail: liyuanxun@uestc.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.477381 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fuyu Li, Yuanxun Li, Tingting Tang, Yongcheng Lu, Xinyan Liu, Yulong Liao, Qiye Wen. All-dielectric terahertz metasurface for linearly-polarized multichannel transmission and superposition states of spherical and vortex waves[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 485 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Compared to pure vortex waves, the superposition state of spherical waves and vortex waves has enough degrees of freedom to upgrade applications in particle manipulation, information encryption, and large-capacity communications. Here, we propose a new scheme to achieve superposition states and multichannel transmission of vortex and spherical waves. Two transmissive all-silicon metasurfaces that enable mutual interference between linearly polarized (LP) waves in the terahertz region are demonstrated. Type A can achieve interference between x and y polarized waves, while type B can achieve interference between x (or y) and x (or y) polarized waves. The multichannel transmission and superposition states of topological charges of +3, +2, and +4 are designed and demonstrated from theoretical, simulative, and experimental perspectives at 1.1 THz. In addition, the objective fact that the focused superposition state must be observed close to the focal plane is also revealed. The measured results are in good agreement with the theoretical and simulative results. This work provides an idea for the design of ultrathin terahertz devices and could be applied in the fields of information encryption and high-frequency communications.
    Φx1=3·arctan(y/x),

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    Φy1=2πλ((xx0)2+(yy0)2+z02),

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    Φx1=2πλ(x2+y2+f2f)+3·arctan(y/x),

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    Φy1=2πλ(x2+y2+60002),

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    Φx1=2πλ((x+2000)2+y2+600026000)+3·arctan(y/x),

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    Φy1=2πλ((x2000)2+y2+60002).

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    Φx1·x2=arg(ei(2πλ(x2+y2+f2f)+2·arctan(y/x))+ei(2πλ(x2+y2+z02))),

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    Φy1·y2=arg(ei(2πλ(x2+y2+f2f)+4·arctan(y/x))+ei(2πλ(x2+y2+z02))),

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    Φx1=2πλ(((x+2000)2+y2+550025500)+2·arctan(y/x)),

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    Φx2=2πλ((x2000)2+y2+55002),

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    Φy1=2πλ((x2+(y2000)2+550025500)+4·arctan(y/x)),

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    Φy2=2πλ(x2+(y+2000)2+55002).

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    Evortex=exp(i(l·arctan(y/x))),(C1)

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    Evortex=exp(i((k(xx0)2+(yy0)2+f2f)+l·arctan(y/x))),(C2)

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    Espherical=exp(ik((xx0)2+(yy0)2+z02)),(C3)

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    Esuperposition=Evortex+Espherical,(C4)

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    Esuperposition=Evortex+Espherical,(C5)

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    Fuyu Li, Yuanxun Li, Tingting Tang, Yongcheng Lu, Xinyan Liu, Yulong Liao, Qiye Wen. All-dielectric terahertz metasurface for linearly-polarized multichannel transmission and superposition states of spherical and vortex waves[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 485
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