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  • Metasurfaces offer advanced light control, enabling compact and versatile optical solutions.
  • Conducting polymers possess unique electrical, optical, and mechanical properties due to their conjugated structures.
  • Integrating conducting polymers with metasurfaces presents novel opportunities for optical device functionalities.

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  • To demonstrate an electrochemically programmable metasurface with independently controllable pixels at optical frequencies.
  • To explore the dynamic control of optical functions using conducting polymer-modulated metasurfaces.
  • To showcase the synergy between flat optics and conducting polymer science for enhanced metasurface performance.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of metasurfaces with gold nanorods on addressable electrodes based on Pancharatnam-Berry phase design.
  • Electrochemical modulation of locally conjugated polyaniline for dynamic control of metasurface pixels.
  • Demonstration of programmable optical functions including beam diffraction and varifocal lensing.

Main Results:

  • Successful demonstration of an electrochemically programmable metasurface with independently controlled pixels.
  • Achieved dynamic control over metasurface configurations through electrochemical modulation of polyaniline.
  • Showcased diverse optical functionalities such as dynamic beam diffraction and varifocal lensing using a single device.

Conclusions:

  • The integration of conducting polymers with optical metasurfaces enables unprecedented dynamic control and programmability.
  • Electrochemical modulation offers a versatile approach to reconfiguring metasurface functionalities in real-time.
  • This synergistic approach holds significant potential for advancing flat optics and enabling innovative optical applications.