• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 1, 010501 (2025)
Zhibiao Zhu, Yongfeng Li*, Zhe Qin, Lixin Jiang..., Wenjie Wang, Hongya Chen, Jiafu Wang, Lin Zheng and Shaobo Qu|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Artificially-Structured Functional Materials and Devices, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710051, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.010501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhibiao Zhu, Yongfeng Li, Zhe Qin, Lixin Jiang, Wenjie Wang, Hongya Chen, Jiafu Wang, Lin Zheng, Shaobo Qu, "Angular-adaptive spin-locked retroreflectors based on reconfigurable origami two-dimensional metagrating," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 010501 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The retroreflector based on a gradient metasurface can reflect electromagnetic (EM) waves to the source, and it is small in size and lightweight. However, even if the previous retroreflectors can be used for angle adaptation, the working efficiency declines sharply at large angles. In this paper, a retroreflector is designed based on a reconfigurable origami two-dimensional (2D) metagrating for efficient spin-locked retroreflection and for suppressing unwanted Floquet diffraction channels. After the retroreflection, the handedness of the wave remains consistent with the incident. By changing the folding state of the origami metagrating, the adaptive tangential momentum can be transferred to the incident wave, providing high-performance retroreflection over a continuous incidence angle range of 30°–45.8° (x-direction) and 30°–81° (y-direction). As proof of concept, an electric metagrating-based retroreflector is fabricated in the microwave frequency band, and the simulation and experimental results are consistent. This adaptive origami spin-locked metasurface has promising applications in spin-optics devices, communication systems, remote sensing, and radar cross-section (RCS) enhancement.
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    Zhibiao Zhu, Yongfeng Li, Zhe Qin, Lixin Jiang, Wenjie Wang, Hongya Chen, Jiafu Wang, Lin Zheng, Shaobo Qu, "Angular-adaptive spin-locked retroreflectors based on reconfigurable origami two-dimensional metagrating," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 010501 (2025)
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