Dynamic Beam Switching by Liquid Crystal Tunable Dielectric Metasurfaces

Andrei Komar; Ramón Paniagua-Domínguez; Andrey Miroshnichenko; Ye Feng Yu; Yuri S. Kivshar; Arseniy I. Kuznetsov; Dragomir Neshev

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01343

Dynamic Beam Switching by Liquid Crystal Tunable Dielectric Metasurfaces

Andrei Komar^*, Ramón Paniagua-Domínguez, Andrey Miroshnichenko, Ye Feng Yu, Yuri S. Kivshar, Arseniy I. Kuznetsov, Dragomir Neshev

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Dynamic steering of laser beams by ultrathin optical metasurfaces is a significant research advance for possible applications in remote ranging and sensing. A unique platform for such important functionalities is offered by dielectric metasurfaces that have the highest transmission efficiency. However, the realization of dynamically tunable metasurfaces still remains a challenge. Here we experimentally demonstrate the dynamic switching of beam deflection by a silicon-nanodisk dielectric metasurface infiltrated with liquid crystals. In particular, we show the switching of a laser beam from 0° to a 12° angle with an efficiency of 50% by heating the metasurface to modify the liquid crystal state from nematic to isotropic. Our results open important opportunities for tunable ultrathin beam steering metadevices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1742-1748
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01343
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2018

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