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Unidirectional guided-wave-driven metasurfaces for arbitrary wavefront control

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  • Shiqing Li

    (Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis

    (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Panepistimioupolis)

  • Tao Jiang

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Qian Shen

    (Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Hang Zhang

    (Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Jinhua Yan

    (Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Shulin Sun

    (Fudan University)

  • Linfang Shen

    (Zhejiang University of Technology)

Abstract

Metasurfaces are capable of fully reshaping the wavefronts of incident beams in desired manners. However, the requirement for external light excitation and the resonant nature of their meta-atoms, make challenging their on-chip integration. Here, we introduce the concept and design of a fresh class of metasurfaces, driven by unidirectional guided waves, capable of arbitrary wavefront control based on the unique dispersion properties of unidirectional guided waves rather than resonant meta-atoms. Upon experimentally demonstrating the feasibility of our designs in the microwave regime, we numerically validate the introduced principle through the design of several microwave meta-devices using metal-air-gyromagnetic unidirectional surface magneto-plasmons, agilely converting unidirectional guided modes into the wavefronts of 3D Bessel beams, focused waves, and controllable vortex beams. We, further, numerically demonstrate sub-diffraction focusing, which is beyond the capability of conventional metasurfaces. Our unfamiliar yet practical designs may enable full, broadband manipulation of electromagnetic waves on deep subwavelength scales.

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  • Shiqing Li & Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis & Tao Jiang & Qian Shen & Hang Zhang & Jinhua Yan & Shulin Sun & Linfang Shen, 2024. "Unidirectional guided-wave-driven metasurfaces for arbitrary wavefront control," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-50287-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50287-z
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