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Main Authors: Chen, Haohan, Wu, Jiepeng, He, Minglei, Wang, Hao, Wu, Xinen, Fan, Kezhou, Liu, Haiying, Li, Qiang, Wu, Lijun, Wong, Kam Sing
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06157
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author Chen, Haohan
Wu, Jiepeng
He, Minglei
Wang, Hao
Wu, Xinen
Fan, Kezhou
Liu, Haiying
Li, Qiang
Wu, Lijun
Wong, Kam Sing
author_facet Chen, Haohan
Wu, Jiepeng
He, Minglei
Wang, Hao
Wu, Xinen
Fan, Kezhou
Liu, Haiying
Li, Qiang
Wu, Lijun
Wong, Kam Sing
contents Orthogonal circularly polarized light is essential for multiplexing tunable metasurfaces. Mainstream spin-decoupled metasurfaces, consisting of numerous meta-atoms with mirror symmetry, rely on the cooperative modulation of the Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) phase and the propagation phase. This paper demonstrates spin-decoupled functionality through the synergistic utilization of planar chiral meta-atom phase response and PB phase. Based on the Jones calculus, it has been found that meta-atoms with chiral C2-symmetry owns a larger geometric parameter range with high cross-polarization ratio compared to those with mirror symmetry or higher symmetries at the same aspect ratio. This characteristic is advantageous in terms of enabling high-efficiency manipulation and enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio. As an example, 10 kinds of C2-symmetry chiral meta-atoms with a H-like shape are selected by the self-adaptive genetic algorithm to attain a full 2$π$ phase span with an interval of $π$/5. To mitigate the additional propagation phase change of the guided modes originated from the arrangement alternation upon the rotation of the meta-atoms, the enantiomer of chiral meta-atoms and its PB phase delay are adopted to minimize the difference between the actual and desired target phases. A polarization-insensitive metalens and a chiral virtual-moving metalens array are designed to demonstrate the spin-decoupled function with both high efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio. The work in this paper may trigger more exciting and interesting spin-decoupled multiplexing metasurfaces and broaden the prospect of chiroptical applications.
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spellingShingle High efficiency spin-decoupled modulation using chiral C2-symmetric meta-atoms
Chen, Haohan
Wu, Jiepeng
He, Minglei
Wang, Hao
Wu, Xinen
Fan, Kezhou
Liu, Haiying
Li, Qiang
Wu, Lijun
Wong, Kam Sing
Optics
Applied Physics
Orthogonal circularly polarized light is essential for multiplexing tunable metasurfaces. Mainstream spin-decoupled metasurfaces, consisting of numerous meta-atoms with mirror symmetry, rely on the cooperative modulation of the Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) phase and the propagation phase. This paper demonstrates spin-decoupled functionality through the synergistic utilization of planar chiral meta-atom phase response and PB phase. Based on the Jones calculus, it has been found that meta-atoms with chiral C2-symmetry owns a larger geometric parameter range with high cross-polarization ratio compared to those with mirror symmetry or higher symmetries at the same aspect ratio. This characteristic is advantageous in terms of enabling high-efficiency manipulation and enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio. As an example, 10 kinds of C2-symmetry chiral meta-atoms with a H-like shape are selected by the self-adaptive genetic algorithm to attain a full 2$π$ phase span with an interval of $π$/5. To mitigate the additional propagation phase change of the guided modes originated from the arrangement alternation upon the rotation of the meta-atoms, the enantiomer of chiral meta-atoms and its PB phase delay are adopted to minimize the difference between the actual and desired target phases. A polarization-insensitive metalens and a chiral virtual-moving metalens array are designed to demonstrate the spin-decoupled function with both high efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio. The work in this paper may trigger more exciting and interesting spin-decoupled multiplexing metasurfaces and broaden the prospect of chiroptical applications.
title High efficiency spin-decoupled modulation using chiral C2-symmetric meta-atoms
topic Optics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06157