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8 April 2023 Optically controlled dielectric metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation on terahertz waves
Haoyang Zhou, Sheng Zhang, Shunjia Wang, Yao Yao, Qingnan Cai, Jing Lin, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhuo Wang, Zhensheng Tao, Qiong He, Lei Zhou
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Abstract

Dynamically controlling terahertz (THz) waves with an ultracompact device is highly desired, but previously realized tunable devices are bulky in size and/or exhibit limited light-tuning functionalities. Here, we experimentally demonstrate dynamic modulation on THz waves with a dielectric metasurface in mode-selective or mode-unselective manners through pumping the system at different optical wavelengths. Quasi-normal-mode theory reveals that the physics is governed by the spatial overlap between wave functions of resonant modes and regions inside resonators perturbed by pump laser excitation at different wavelengths. We further design/fabricate a dielectric metasurface and experimentally demonstrate that it can dynamically control the polarization state of incident THz waves, dictated by the strength and wavelength of the pumping light. We finally numerically demonstrate pump wavelength-controlled optical information encryption based on a carefully designed dielectric metasurface. Our studies reveal that pump light wavelength can be a new external knob to dynamically control THz waves, which may inspire many tunable metadevices with diversified functionalities.

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Haoyang Zhou, Sheng Zhang, Shunjia Wang, Yao Yao, Qingnan Cai, Jing Lin, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhuo Wang, Zhensheng Tao, Qiong He, and Lei Zhou "Optically controlled dielectric metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation on terahertz waves," Advanced Photonics 5(2), 026005 (8 April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.5.2.026005
Received: 15 December 2022; Accepted: 14 March 2023; Published: 8 April 2023
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KEYWORDS
Terahertz radiation

Modulation

Dielectrics

Silicon

Dielectric polarization

Physics

Reflection

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