• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 7, 703 (2018)
Weiguang Liu1, Bin Hu1、*, Zongduo Huang1, Hongyu Guan1, Heting Li2, Xinke Wang2, Yan Zhang2、4, Hongxing Yin3, Xiaolu Xiong3, Juan Liu1, and Yongtian Wang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Beijing Key Laboratory for Metamaterials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics, Ministry of Education, and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  • 3Micro and Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 4e-mail: yzhang@mail.cnu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.000703 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Weiguang Liu, Bin Hu, Zongduo Huang, Hongyu Guan, Heting Li, Xinke Wang, Yan Zhang, Hongxing Yin, Xiaolu Xiong, Juan Liu, Yongtian Wang. Graphene-enabled electrically controlled terahertz meta-lens[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 703 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Metasurfaces have become a new photonic structure for providing potential applications to develop integrated devices with small thickness, because they can introduce an abrupt phase change by arrays of scatterers. To be applied more widely, active metasurface devices are highly desired. Here, a tunable terahertz meta-lens whose focal length is able to be electrically tuned by 4.45λ is demonstrated experimentally. The lens consists of a metallic metasurface and a monolayer graphene. Due to the dependence of the abrupt phase change of the metasurface on the graphene chemical potential, which can be modulated using an applied gate voltage, the focal length is changed from 10.46 to 12.24 mm when the gate voltage increases from 0 to 2.0 V. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical hypothesis. This type of electrically controlled meta-lens could widen the application of terahertz technology.
    ψ(x,y)=2πλ(ff2+x2+y2),(1)

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    r=(xx0)2+(yy0)2+(zz0)2,(3)

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    n0=ϵ(VgVD)te,(4)

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    n0=1π(EFvF)2,(5)

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    Weiguang Liu, Bin Hu, Zongduo Huang, Hongyu Guan, Heting Li, Xinke Wang, Yan Zhang, Hongxing Yin, Xiaolu Xiong, Juan Liu, Yongtian Wang. Graphene-enabled electrically controlled terahertz meta-lens[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 703
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