journal article·2025-02Open access

Spin Decoupling Metasurfaces for Four‐Channel Terahertz Wavefront Shaping

Qianyun Zhang, Guibin Li, Liang Wu, Zhen Yue, Fan Yang, Qiankun Zhang, Hui Li, Chenglong Zheng, Quan Xu, Jiaguang Han, Yan Zhang, Li Li, Jianquan Yao

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 13· Issue 6

Abstract

Abstract Advances in wireless communication systems require multifunction‐integrated optical devices to increase information capacities. However, the wavefront‐shaping metasurfaces thus far face challenges in manipulating orthogonal polarization independently and achieving versatile wavefront shaping simultaneously. Here, the scheme of chip‐integrated multi‐section metalens geometries is proposed to operate simultaneously with efficient focusing, orthogonal polarization manipulation, and vortex beam generation. Two spin decoupling metasurfaces are prepared to implement four‐channel terahertz wavefront shaping. It can independently engineer the co‐polarized and cross‐polarized components conversion under circularly polarized incidence. One metasurface realizes the polarization conversion in four independent channels under either left‐ or right‐handed circular incidence. The other achieves different spin‐to‐orbit conversions to generate vortex beams with independent polarization manipulation in four channels. The results suggest promising applications for high‐capacity and high‐security terahertz communication.
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OpenAlex topics: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications · Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics · Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Precision Instruments and Opto‐Electronics Engineering Tianjin University No. 92 WeiJin Road Tianjin 300072 China

Beijing Key Laboratory for Metamaterials and Devices Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics of Ministry of Education and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology Department of Physics Capital Normal University Beijing 100048 China

School of Physics Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 China

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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