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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science
    • Electromagnetics

    Background:

    • Conventional lenses are bulky, limiting miniaturization of optical systems.
    • Metasurfaces offer ultra-compact and ultra-flat lens designs (metalenses).
    • Existing metalenses typically focus only one polarization state, restricting applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and demonstrate a novel terahertz metalens design.
    • To achieve multiple focal points with distinct polarization states using geometry phase.
    • To enable flexible manipulation of focal point positions.

    Main Methods:

    • Designing terahertz metalenses using geometry phase principles.
    • Fabricating metasurfaces composed of micro-rods with varying in-plane orientations.
    • Experimentally validating the generation of multiple focal points under linearly polarized terahertz wave illumination.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated terahertz metalenses generating three focal points simultaneously.
    • Observed focal points corresponding to left-hand circularly polarized (LCP), right-hand circularly polarized (RCP), and linearly polarized (LP) states.
    • Showcased flexible control over the spatial positions of these focal points.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed geometry-phase-based terahertz metalenses overcome polarization limitations of previous designs.
    • This approach enables multifunctional terahertz devices with tunable focal properties.
    • Potential applications include advanced terahertz imaging, detection, and communication systems.