• 文献标题:   Largely Tunable Terahertz Circular Polarization Splitters Based on Patterned Graphene Nanoantenna Arrays
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU ZT, MENG Y, HU FT, XIAO QR, YAN P, GONG ML
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, metasurface, polarization splitter, tunable device
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1943-0655 EI 1943-0647
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2935752
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Dynamic manipulation of wavefront is vital for massive free-space optical applications. Here we propose a set of largely tunable circular polarization splitters leveraging graphene nanoantennas with high efficiency reaching 83% and wide frequency tunability range of 2 to 5 THz. By synergizing the electrically tunable surface plasmons of graphene with phase gradient metasurface, we numerically demonstrate two kinds of polarization splitters with complimentary graphene patterns to realize electrical tuning of operation frequency and efficient circular polarization demultiplexing. Using antennas of different geometric sizes, the device performances are investigated in several different terahertz bands. Our proposed structures can facilitate dynamically tunable broadband and high-speed applications such as polarization demultiplexing and optical switches in terahertz regime.