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Polarization-multiplexed metaholograms with erasable functionality

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周绍林 cover
周绍林 (Shaolin Zhou)
刘亮 (Liang Liu)
Z
Zhijian Chen *
M
Muhammad Afnan Ansari
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陈献忠 (Xianzhong Chen)
M
Mansun Chan
DOI:10.1088/1361-6463/acbf61delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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The unprecedented capability of metasurfaces in pixel-wise-level accurate light manipulation has enabled the realization of polarization-multiplexed metasurface holograms in a single or multiple channel. However, most metasurfaces are static and unable to realize active or tunable wave control in many scenarios. We introduce an erasable functionality for multi-channel metasurface holograms based on active phase tuning, which is realized using the nonvolatile chalcogenide phase change alloy of GeSbSeTe (GSST). Upon the incidence of linearly or circularly polarized waves, polarization-dependent holograms constructed using amorphous GSST (a-GSST) elliptical pillars are achieved because of the complete phase control. The a-GSST holograms feature a subwavelength spatial resolution for all elliptical pillars, with local transmittances ranging from 66% to 90%. Benefiting from the amorphous-to-crystalline phase transition of GSST, the hologram functionality can be completely erased because the crystallized pillars cannot provide the effective propagation modes required by the anisotropic phase modulations in the operating wavelength range. The unique properties of the proposed polarization-multiplexed holograms with erasable functionality offer more degrees of freedom and have potential applications in many fields, such as anti-counterfeiting, encryption, and holographic sources.
Keywords:
metasurface
hologram
active control
phase change materials

Journal

Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics cover
Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics
IF:
3.2
Papers:
2.6W
Citations:
4.9W

Organization

H
Heriot Watt University
Scholars:
6.0K
Papers: 6.4K
Citations: 57
S
south china university of technology
Scholars:
6.7W
Papers: 5.1W
Citations: 85