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4 October 2023 Electrically tunable space-time metasurfaces at optical frequencies
Jared Sisler, Prachi Thureja, Meir Grajower, Ruzan Sokhoyan, Harry Atwater
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Abstract
Space-time metasurfaces employ a spatial and temporal phase-gradient to impart momentum to input light in space and frequency. In this work, we used a reflective gate-tunable ITO-based metasurface operating at 1530 nm to generate diffraction of frequency-shifted light up to 1 MHz. Our device consists of an array of interdigitated plasmonic nanoantennas with two electrical contacts that are modulated with identical electrical waveforms, time-delayed by half a period, to diffract frequency-shifted light. The simultaneous control of spatial and spectral properties of light enabled by space-time metasurfaces is highly desired in applications such as LiDAR, LiFi, and space communication.
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Jared Sisler, Prachi Thureja, Meir Grajower, Ruzan Sokhoyan, and Harry Atwater "Electrically tunable space-time metasurfaces at optical frequencies", Proc. SPIE PC12646, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2023, PC1264601 (4 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677496
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KEYWORDS
Modulation

Diffraction

Harmonic generation

Liquid crystals

Mathematical optimization

Modulation frequency

Nanoantennas

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