Graphene-enabled electrically controlled terahertz meta-lens

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2018-07-17
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Metasurfaceshavebecomeanewphotonicstructureforprovidingpotentialapplicationstodevelopintegrateddeviceswithsmallthickness,becausetheycanintroduceanabruptphasechangebyarraysofscatterers.Tobeappliedmorewidely,activemetasurfacedevicesarehighlydesired.Here,atunableterahertzmeta-leuswhosefocallengthisabletobeelectricallytunedby-4.45λisdemonstratedexperimentally.Thelensconsistsofametallicmetasurfaceandamonolayergraphene.Duetothedependenceoftheabruptphasechangeofthemeta-surfaceonthegraphenechemicalpotential,whichcanbemodulatedusinganappliedgatevoltage,thefocallengthischangedfrom10.46to12.24mmwhenthegatevoltageincreasesfrom0to2.0V.Experimentalresultsareingoodagreementwiththetheoreticalhypothesis.Thistypeofelectricallycontrolledmeta-lenscouldwidentheapplicationofterahertztechnology.