Metasurfaces have great potential for flexible manipulation of electromagnetic wave polarizations and wavefronts.Here, we propose a general method for achieving independent wavefront manipulation in a single polarizat...Metasurfaces have great potential for flexible manipulation of electromagnetic wave polarizations and wavefronts.Here, we propose a general method for achieving independent wavefront manipulation in a single polarizationmultiplexing transmissive metasurface. As a proof of concept, we design a transmission-type anisotropic metasurface for independent wavefront manipulation in full-polarization channels. An x-polarized wave transmitted through such a metasurface could be converted into four outgoing beams with delicately designed polarization states that converge to specific positions for holographic imaging. The measured results are in good agreements with simulated ones, verifying the independent wavefront manipulations with arbitrary polarization conversions.Compared with the existing traditional meta-devices with single-polarization modulation, we achieve polarization-multiplexed metasurfaces with mixed polarization and phase control, which can greatly improve the functional richness of the system.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(62071291)
文摘Metasurfaces have great potential for flexible manipulation of electromagnetic wave polarizations and wavefronts.Here, we propose a general method for achieving independent wavefront manipulation in a single polarizationmultiplexing transmissive metasurface. As a proof of concept, we design a transmission-type anisotropic metasurface for independent wavefront manipulation in full-polarization channels. An x-polarized wave transmitted through such a metasurface could be converted into four outgoing beams with delicately designed polarization states that converge to specific positions for holographic imaging. The measured results are in good agreements with simulated ones, verifying the independent wavefront manipulations with arbitrary polarization conversions.Compared with the existing traditional meta-devices with single-polarization modulation, we achieve polarization-multiplexed metasurfaces with mixed polarization and phase control, which can greatly improve the functional richness of the system.
