Manipulating electromagnetic waves with artificial nanostructures has garnered great interest for their properties and potential applications. However, existing devices performing various desired operations at different wavelengths usually require cascading with different geometry patterns, which does not offer satisfactory simplicity. Here, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate that an ultrathin, multifunctional metasurface, consisting of an array of nanorods, can perform various functions at different wavelengths. Simulated and experimental results indicate that nearly perfect absorption, linear-to-circular conversion, and linear cross-polarization conversion can be integrated into one multifunctional metasurface. Furthermore, the multifunctional metasurface can maintain very high performance across a large range of incident angles. The proposed configuration is extremely compact and easy to fabricate; these qualities should support the development of practical applications.
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24 April 2017
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April 27 2017
Integrating polarization conversion and nearly perfect absorption with multifunctional metasurfaces
Hua Cheng;
Hua Cheng
1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Xiaoyun Wei;
Xiaoyun Wei
1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Ping Yu;
Ping Yu
1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Zhancheng Li;
Zhancheng Li
1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Zhe Liu;
Zhe Liu
2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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Junjie Li;
Junjie Li
2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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Shuqi Chen;
Shuqi Chen
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1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Jianguo Tian
Jianguo Tian
1The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics,
Nankai University
, Tianjin 300071, China
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Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 171903 (2017)
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February 14 2017
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April 13 2017
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Hua Cheng, Xiaoyun Wei, Ping Yu, Zhancheng Li, Zhe Liu, Junjie Li, Shuqi Chen, Jianguo Tian; Integrating polarization conversion and nearly perfect absorption with multifunctional metasurfaces. Appl. Phys. Lett. 24 April 2017; 110 (17): 171903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982240
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