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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Metasurfaces with a spatially varying phase profile enable the design of planar and compact devices for manipulating the radiation pattern of electromagnetic fields. Aiming to achieve tunable beam steering at terahertz frequencies, we numerically investigate metasurfaces consisting of one dimensional arrays of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) cavities infiltrated with liquid crystals (LCs). The spatial phase profile is defined by a periodic voltage pattern applied on properly selected supercells of the MIM-cavity array. By means of the electro-optic effect, the voltage controls the orientation of LC molecules and, thus, the resulting effective LC refractive index. Using this approach, the spatial phase profiles can be dynamically switched among a flat, binary, and gradient profile, where the corresponding metasurfaces function as mirrors, beam splitters or blazed gratings, respectively. Tunable beam steering is achieved by …
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
29 Nov 2019
Authors: 

Borislav Vasic, Goran Isic, Romeo Beccherelli, Dimitrios C Zografopoulos

Biblio References: 
Origin: 
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics