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ArticleNature communications2024

Creating pairs of exceptional points for arbitrary polarization control: asymmetric vectorial wavefront modulation.

Zijin Yang, Po-Sheng Huang, Yu-Tsung Lin, Haoye Qin, Jesús Zúñiga-Pérez, Yuzhi Shi, Zhanshan Wang, Xinbin Cheng, Man-Chung Tang, Sanyang Han and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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Zijin Yang *Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0670-4277
Po-Sheng Huang *Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Yu-Tsung LinDepartment of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Haoye QinTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Jesús Zúñiga-PérezUniversité Cote d'Azur, CNRS, CRHEA, Rue Bernard Gregory, Sophia Antipolis, 06560, Valbonne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7154-641X
Yuzhi ShiInstitute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Zhanshan WangInstitute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Xinbin ChengInstitute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-483X
Man-Chung TangTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-9348
Sanyang HanTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7414-7193
Boubacar KantéDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5633-4163
Bo LiTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Pin Chieh WuDepartment of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan. pcwu@gs.ncku.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-9696
Patrice GenevetUniversité Cote d'Azur, CNRS, CRHEA, Rue Bernard Gregory, Sophia Antipolis, 06560, Valbonne, France. patrice.genevet@mines.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0216-3885
Qinghua SongTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China. song.qinghua@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-0418

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 12204264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exceptional points (EPs) can achieve intriguing asymmetric control in non-Hermitian systems due to the degeneracy of eigenstates. Here, we present a general method that extends this specific asymmetric response of EP photonic systems to address any arbitrary fully-polarized light. By rotating the meta-structures at EP, Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) phase can be exclusively encoded on one of the circular polarization-conversion channels. To address any arbitrary wavefront, we superpose the optical signals originating from two orthogonally polarized -yet degenerate- EP eigenmodes. The construction of such orthogonal EP eigenstates pairs is achieved by applying mirror-symmetry to the nanostructure geometry flipping thereby the EP eigenmode handedness from left to right circular polarization. Non-Hermitian reflective PB metasurfaces designed using such EP superposition enable arbitrary, yet unidirectional, vectorial wavefront shaping devices. Our results open new avenues for topological wave control and illustrate the capabilities of topological photonics to distinctively operate on arbitrary polarization-state with enhanced performances.

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