Volume 18, Issue 1 2300720
Research Article

Chirality-Switching and Reconfigurable Spin-Selective Wavefront by Origami Deformation Metasurface

Yilin Zheng

Yilin Zheng

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Shaojie Wang

Shaojie Wang

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Kun Duan

Kun Duan

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Weixu Yang

Weixu Yang

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Ke Chen

Corresponding Author

Ke Chen

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Junming Zhao

Junming Zhao

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Tian Jiang

Tian Jiang

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

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Yijun Feng

Corresponding Author

Yijun Feng

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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First published: 05 October 2023
Citations: 4

Abstract

Origami metasurfaces have emerged as a versatile platform for dynamically manipulating electromagnetic waves due to their numerous advantages, including cost-effectiveness, lightweight nature, and diverse structural transformations. They are particularly well-suited for reconfigurable chiroptical responses that can find utility in various applications. However, current research has primarily focused on modulating spectral properties like optical chirality and resonant frequencies, which may limit their practical applications. Herein, an origami metasurface enabled by a simple yet highly effective deformation method is proposed to achieve simultaneous tunable chirality and wavefront manipulation, which expands the modulation freedom of mechanical deformation in chiral metasurfaces. The planar metasurface with spin-insensitive transmittance is bulked into 3D metasurfaces to break the mirror symmetry, thereby triggering pronounced chiral responses. Additionally, through the implementation of propagation phase design, two types of meta-atoms with distinct phase responses are interleaved to create a chiral anomalous reflector that spin-selectively modulates the reflection beam. The experimental results agree well with the simulation results and theoretical predictions, verifying the high quality of the proposed design that may offer untapped potential for applications such as reconfigurable photonics devices.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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