• 文献标题:   Real-time terahertz meta-cryptography using polarization-multiplexed graphene-based computer-generated holograms
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RAJABALIPANAH H, ROUHI K, ABDOLALI A, IQBAL S, ZHANG L, LIU S
  • 作者关键词:   digital metasurface, graphene, hologram, metacryptography, terahertz
  • 出版物名称:   NANOPHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2192-8606 EI 2192-8614
  • 通讯作者地址:   Iran Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1515/nanoph-2020-0110
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

As one of the cutting-edge technologies in advanced information science, wave-based cryptography is a prerequisite to enable a plethora of secure encrypting platforms which can be realized by smart multiplexing techniques together with suitable metasurface holograms (meta-holograms). Here, relying on the polarization multiplicity and re-writability of a computer-generated metahologram, a fully secure communication protocol is elaborately developed at the terahertz spectrum to host unique merits for exploring real-time metasurface-based cryptography (meta-cryptography) where highly restricted access of information is imposed. The proposed meta-cryptography exploits two dynamic near-field channels of a metahologram whose information can be instantaneously rewritten without any polarization rotation and with high contrast and acceptable frequency bandwidth. The computer-generated meta-hologram is constructed based on the weighted Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm via a two-dimensional array of vertical graphene strips whose anisotropic reflection is merely determined by external biasing conditions. Several illustrative examples have been presented to demonstrate the perfect secrecy and polarization cross-talk of the proposed meta-cryptography. Numerical simulations corroborate well our theoretical predictions. As the first demonstration of dynamic THz meta-cryptography, the meta-hologram information channels can be deciphered into manifold customized messages which would be instrumental in data storage systems offering far higher data rates than electronic encryption can deliver.