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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

3D-printed mirror-less helicity preserving metasurface "mirror" for THz applications.

Jiaruo Yan, Ioannis Katsantonis, Savvas Papamakarios, Panagiotis Konstantakis, Michael Loulakis, Thomas Koschny, Maria Farsari, Stelios Tzortzakis, Maria Kafesaki

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Jiaruo YanInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8151-4448
Ioannis KatsantonisInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Savvas PapamakariosInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Panagiotis KonstantakisInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Michael LoulakisInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Thomas KoschnyAmes Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Maria FarsariInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-4156
Stelios TzortzakisInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Maria KafesakiInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.

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Abstract

Stimulated by seminal works on generalized reflection and refraction laws, metasurfaces have evolved to a highly promising research direction, as they allow a multitude of different functionalities by optically thin wave-control elements/structures. Among them, structures functioning in the low THz regime are of extensive research interest, due to their high potential in communication and sensing applications. In this paper we propose a simple THz metasurface design that exhibits ideally perfect cross-polarized reflection for linear polarization and perfect helicity-preserving reflection with a geometric (Pancharatnam-Berry) phase for circular polarization, without the presence of any back-reflector. Numerical calculations demonstrating the structure response are justified by analytical models, which provide physical insights on this response. The designed metasurfaces are fabricated using the direct laser writing 3D-printing technology, metallized with electroless silver plating, and are characterized by THz time domain spectroscopy, with the experimental results validating the corresponding theoretical ones. Applications including beam steering and focusing, exploring the Pancharatnam-Berry phase, are also demonstrated numerically. Besides those applications, the helicity preserving mirror response of our metasurfaces can be valuable, among others, also in molecular chirality sensing applications, an issue that is also highlighted here.

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3D-printed metasurfacesmetasurfacesTHz radiation

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PMCPMC12617713

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