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Area of Science:

  • Metamaterials and Nanophotonics
  • Terahertz (THz) Technology
  • Phase-Change Materials

Background:

  • Conventional chiral metasurfaces possess fixed functionalities, limiting their practical applications.
  • There is a need for reconfigurable metasurfaces with tunable properties in the terahertz spectrum.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and demonstrate a novel chirality-switchable terahertz metasurface.
  • To achieve spin-selective anomalous reflection using a phase-change material.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of vanadium dioxide (VO2) phase-change material into a chiral meta-atom design.
  • Utilizing the insulator-to-metal phase transition of VO2 for chirality switching.
  • Employing the Pancharatnam-Berry phase principle for phase control.

Main Results:

  • The metasurface exhibits selective absorption of one circular polarization and anomalous reflection of the opposite circular polarization at 0.137 THz.
  • Achieved anomalous reflection at an angle of 28.4° with maintained circular polarization handedness.
  • Demonstrated complete 2π reflection phase coverage by adjusting chiral structure orientation.

Conclusions:

  • The developed chirality-switchable terahertz metasurface offers dynamic control over spin-dependent reflection.
  • This technology holds significant potential for enhancing wireless communication, polarization modulation, and chirality detection.