Monday, March 23, 2015

Abstract-Controlling Dispersion Characteristics of Terahertz Metasurface


Scientific Reports
 
http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150323/srep09367/full/srep09367.html

Terahertz (THz) metasurfaces have been explored recently due to their properties such as low material loss and ease of fabrication compared to three-dimensional (3D) metamaterials. Although the dispersion properties of the reflection/transmission-type THz metasurface were observed in some published literature, the method to control them at will has been scarcely reported to the best of our knowledge. In this context, flexible dispersion control of the THz metasurface will lead to great opportunities toward unprecedented THz devices. As an example, a THz metasurface with controllable dispersion characteristics has been successfully demonstrated in this article, and the incident waves at different frequencies from a source in front of the metasurface can be projected into different desired anomalous angular positions. Furthermore, this work provides a potential approach to other kinds of novel THz devices that need controllable metasurface dispersion properties.

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  1. THz DCTM in the xy plane with a point source in the xz plane.
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  2. Designed reflection phases of the unit cells versus normalized frequency.

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