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ArticleNature communications2026

Electrically modulated plasmonic metasurfaces for light communication.

Xinyu Wen, Hongquan Yu, Yangjiang Wu, Erwei Gui, Shuyi Chen, Junhua Tang, Qinglin Ji, Peng Zhou, Boxiang Wang, Fanying Meng and 2 more

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Xinyu WenState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Hongquan YuState Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yangjiang WuState Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3694-1413
Erwei GuiState Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Shuyi ChenState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Junhua TangState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qinglin JiState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Peng ZhouState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Boxiang WangState Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8034-1504
Fanying MengState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-4499
Kaihuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7353-4180
Shikai DengState Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. sdeng@mail.sim.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-2072

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52276078National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62275257National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62474181
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Abstract

Electrically modulated metasurfaces manipulate light fields but suffer from high operating voltages, low tuning sensitivity, and a reliance on telecommunication bands, limiting their applications in light communication (LC). Here, we demonstrate electrically modulated plasmonic metasurfaces that enable continuous and reversible wavelength modulation with a tuning sensitivity up to ~ 1 nm/V at a CMOS-compatible voltage below 5 V. These metasurfaces consist of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) immersed metal nanoparticle lattices and Au electrodes on transparent conductive oxide (TCO)/quartz substrate. Through simulations and experiments, we reveal that the wavelength shift is synergistically governed by the refractive index variation of the DMSO superstrate and the Seebeck effect of the TCO layer, which is further amplified by the lattice mode. Further, we propose two LC applications of these tunable metasurfaces: single-mode spectral shifting for image information transmission and multimode spectral shifts for a 1×3 encoder. The device paves the way for applying metasurfaces in optical communication and optoelectronic circuits.

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