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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Metasurfaces offer precise light control via ultrathin, subwavelength structures.
  • Existing metasurfaces adhere to time-reversal symmetry, limiting unidirectional light manipulation.
  • Breaking time-reversal symmetry is crucial for advanced optical functionalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design a passive metasurface exhibiting nonreciprocal transmission and anomalous refraction.
  • To demonstrate a subwavelength optical diode for free-space optical signals.
  • To explore a new platform for breaking time-reversal symmetry in metasurfaces.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing full-field calculations to design a periodically patterned silicon (Si) slab metasurface.
  • Leveraging high-quality-factor resonances and inherent Kerr nonlinearities of silicon.
  • Incorporating phase gradient patterning for anomalous refraction control.

Main Results:

  • A 100 nm-thick silicon metasurface demonstrated nonreciprocal transmission of near-infrared light.
  • The structure functioned as an optical diode for free-space signals.
  • Nonreciprocal anomalous refraction was achieved with phase gradient metasurfaces.

Conclusions:

  • The developed metasurface platform enables subwavelength nonreciprocity for diverse optical inputs.
  • This approach offers a direct route to experimental realization of optical diodes and nonreciprocal devices.
  • The concept is generalizable for one-way lensing and holography applications.