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ArticleLight, science & applications2023

Real-time programmable metasurface for terahertz multifunctional wave front engineering.

Feng Lan, Luyang Wang, Hongxin Zeng, Shixiong Liang, Tianyang Song, Wenxin Liu, Pinaki Mazumder, Ziqiang Yang, Yaxin Zhang, Daniel M Mittleman

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10 authors.

Feng Lan *Sichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
Luyang Wang *Sichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2234-2928
Hongxin ZengSichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China. zenghx@uestc.edu.cn.
Shixiong LiangNational Key Laboratory of Solid-State Microwave Devices and Circuits, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, 050051, China.
Tianyang SongSichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
Wenxin LiuAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100094, China.
Pinaki MazumderDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Ziqiang YangSichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
Yaxin ZhangSichuan THz Communication Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China. zhangyaxin@uestc.edu.cn.
Daniel M MittlemanSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA. daniel_mittleman@brown.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-7419

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020M683285National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61901093National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61921002National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62101111National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62131007National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U20A20212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Terahertz (THz) technologies have become a focus of research in recent years due to their prominent role in envisioned future communication and sensing systems. One of the key challenges facing the field is the need for tools to enable agile engineering of THz wave fronts. Here, we describe a reconfigurable metasurface based on GaN technology with an array-of-subarrays architecture. This subwavelength-spaced array, under the control of a 1-bit digital coding sequence, can switch between an enormous range of possible configurations, providing facile access to nearly arbitrary wave front control for signals near 0.34 THz. We demonstrate wide-angle beam scanning with 1° of angular precision over 70 GHz of bandwidth, as well as the generation of multi-beam and diffuse wave fronts, with a switching speed up to 100 MHz. This device, offering the ability to rapidly reconfigure a propagating wave front for beam-forming or diffusively scattered wide-angle coverage of a scene, will open new realms of possibilities in sensing, imaging, and networking.

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