• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 5, Issue 2, 026005 (2023)
Haoyang Zhou1、†, Sheng Zhang, Shunjia Wang, Yao Yao, Qingnan Cai, Jing Lin, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhuo Wang, Zhensheng Tao*, Qiong He*, and Lei Zhou*
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  • Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.5.2.026005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Haoyang Zhou, Sheng Zhang, Shunjia Wang, Yao Yao, Qingnan Cai, Jing Lin, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhuo Wang, Zhensheng Tao, Qiong He, Lei Zhou. Optically controlled dielectric metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation on terahertz waves[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(2): 026005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Dynamically controlling terahertz (THz) waves with an ultracompact device is highly desired, but previously realized tunable devices are bulky in size and/or exhibit limited light-tuning functionalities. Here, we experimentally demonstrate dynamic modulation on THz waves with a dielectric metasurface in mode-selective or mode-unselective manners through pumping the system at different optical wavelengths. Quasi-normal-mode theory reveals that the physics is governed by the spatial overlap between wave functions of resonant modes and regions inside resonators perturbed by pump laser excitation at different wavelengths. We further design/fabricate a dielectric metasurface and experimentally demonstrate that it can dynamically control the polarization state of incident THz waves, dictated by the strength and wavelength of the pumping light. We finally numerically demonstrate pump wavelength-controlled optical information encryption based on a carefully designed dielectric metasurface. Our studies reveal that pump light wavelength can be a new external knob to dynamically control THz waves, which may inspire many tunable metadevices with diversified functionalities.
    ε˜(p)(F)=ε(0)[Ne(F)+N0]e2meffε0(ω2+iωγD),

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    Δω˜n=ω˜n(0)·Δε˜(r)E˜n(p)(r)·E˜n(0)(r)dr=ω˜n(0)·Δε˜·rPRE˜n(p)(r)·E˜n(0)(r)dr.

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    Haoyang Zhou, Sheng Zhang, Shunjia Wang, Yao Yao, Qingnan Cai, Jing Lin, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhuo Wang, Zhensheng Tao, Qiong He, Lei Zhou. Optically controlled dielectric metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation on terahertz waves[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(2): 026005
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