Tailor the Functionalities of Metasurfaces Based on a Complete Phase Diagram.
Phys Rev Lett
; 115(23): 235503, 2015 Dec 04.
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ABSTRACT
Metasurfaces in a metal-insulator-metal configuration have been widely used in photonics, with applications ranging from perfect absorption to phase modulation, but why and when such structures can realize what functionalities are not yet fully understood. Here, we establish a complete phase diagram in which the optical properties of such systems are fully controlled by two simple parameters (i.e., the intrinsic and radiation losses), which are, in turn, dictated by the geometrical or material properties of the underlying structures. Such a phase diagram can greatly facilitate the design of appropriate metasurfaces with tailored functionalities demonstrated by our experiments and simulations in the terahertz regime. In particular, our experiments show that, through appropriate structural or material tuning, the device can be switched across the phase boundaries yielding dramatic changes in optical responses. Our discoveries lay a solid basis for realizing functional and tunable photonic devices with such structures.
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