• 文献标题:   Gate-tuned graphene meta-devices for dynamically controlling terahertz wavefronts
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI QS, CAI XD, LIU T, JIA M, WU Q, ZHOU HY, LIU HH, WANG QQ, LING XH, CHEN C, DING F, HE Q, ZHANG YB, XIAO SY, ZHOU L
  • 作者关键词:   coupled mode theory, graphene, metasurface, terahertz, wavefront manipulation
  • 出版物名称:   NANOPHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2192-8606 EI 2192-8614
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  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1515/nanoph-2021-0801 EA MAR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Dynamical controls on terahertz (THz) wavefronts are crucial for many applications, but available mechanism requests tunable elements with sub-micrometer sizes that are difficult to find in the THz regime. Here, different from the local-tuning mechanism, we propose an alternative approach to construct wavefront-control meta-devices combining specifically designed metasurfaces and globally tuned graphene layers. Coupled-mode-theory (CMT) analyses reveal that graphene serves as a tunable loss to drive the whole meta-device to transit from one functional phase to another passing through an intermediate regime, exhibiting distinct far-field (FF) reflection wavefronts. As a proof of concept, we design/fabricate a graphene meta-device and experimentally demonstrate that it can reflect normally incident THz wave to pre-designed directions with different polarizations under appropriate gating voltages. We finally design a graphene meta-device and numerically demonstrate that it can generate vectorial THz beams with continuously varying polarization distributions upon gating. These findings pave the road to realizing a wide range of THz applications, such as sensing, imaging, and wireless communications.