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Liu SQ, Ma ZY, Pei J, Jiao QB, Yang L, Zhang W, Li H, Li YH, Zou YB, Tan X. A review of anomalous refractive and reflective metasurfaces. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND PRECISION ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1063/10.0010119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Abnormal refraction and reflection refers to the phenomenon in which light does not follow its traditional laws of propagation and instead is subject to refraction and reflection at abnormal angles that satisfy a generalization of Snell’s law. Metasurfaces can realize this phenomenon through appropriate selection of materials and structural design, and they have a wide range of potential applications in the military, communications, scientific, and biomedical fields. This paper summarizes the current state of research on abnormal refractive and reflective metasurfaces and their application scenarios. It discusses types of abnormal refractive and reflective metasurfaces based on their tuning modes (active and passive), their applications in different wavelength bands, and their future development. The technical obstacles that arise with existing metasurface technology are summarized, and prospects for future development and applications of abnormal refractive and reflective metasurfaces are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Si-qi Liu
- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fine Instrument and Equipment R&D Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130033, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
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Herman J, Harmata P, Czerwiński M, Strzeżysz O, Pytlarczyk M, Zając M, Kula P. Synthesis, Mesomorphism and the Optical Properties of Alkyl-deuterated Nematogenic 4-[(2,6-Difluorophenyl)ethynyl]biphenyls. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14164653. [PMID: 34443176 PMCID: PMC8399011 DOI: 10.3390/ma14164653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The synthesis and characterization of new deuterated liquid crystal (LC) compounds based on phenyl tolane core is described in this paper. The work presents an alternative molecular approach to the conventional LC design. Correlations between molecular structure and mesomorphic and optical properties for compounds which are alkyl-hydrogen terminated and alkyl-deuterium, have been drawn. The compounds are characterized by mass spectrometry (electron ionization) analysis and infrared spectroscopy. They show enantiotropic nematic behavior in a broad temperature range, confirmed by a polarizing thermomicroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Detailed synthetic procedures are attached. Synthesized compounds show a significantly reduced absorption in the near-infrared (NIR) and medium-wavelength infrared (MWIR) radiation range, and stand as promising components of medium to highly birefringent liquid crystalline mixtures.
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Han Y, Lin J, Lin YS. Tunable metamaterial-based silicon waveguide. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:6619-6622. [PMID: 33325853 DOI: 10.1364/ol.414129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A tunable metamaterial (MM)-based silicon (Si) waveguide is presented that is composed of an MM nanodisk array on a Si-on insulator substrate. A significant modulation efficiency of transmission intensity could be realized by elevating individually or simultaneously the column number of MM nanodisks. For a convenient description, an MM-based Si waveguide with one, two, three, four, and five columns of MM nanodisks are denoted as MM-1, MM-2, MM-3, MM-4, and MM-5, respectively. Transmission intensity of MM-based Si waveguides could be switched between on and off states by driving different columns of MM nanodisks on the Si waveguide surface. Transmission intensities could be attenuated from 100% to 56%, 24%, 6%, 1%, and 0% for MM-1, MM-2, MM-3, MM-4, and MM-5, respectively, at the wavelength of 1.525 µm. Furthermore, the MM-5 device is exposed to an ambient environment with different refraction indices. It exhibits a linear relationship of resonance dips and refraction indexes. The proposed design of the MM-based Si waveguide provides potential possibilities in an optical switch, variable optical attenuator, and sensor applications.
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