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Dynamic and Polarization-Independent Wavefront Control Based on Hybrid Topological Metasurfaces.

Sha HuChao WangShuo DuZhuoxuan HanChangzhi Gu
Published in: Nano letters (2024)
Exceptional points (EPs), known as non-Hermitian singularities, have been observed and investigated in parity-time symmetric metasurfaces. However, the chirality and tunability in non-Hermitian metasurfaces still need to be explored. Here, we propose a dynamic topological metasurface with the meta-atom consisting of two orthogonally oriented nanorods, which are placed on the phase change material Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 (GST) and SiO 2 dielectric layer, respectively. When GST is converted from the amorphous state (a-GST) to the crystalline state (c-GST), an EP can be dynamically switched from the "ON" state to the "OFF" state in a parameter space. Moreover, based on the topologically protected phase and amplitude modulations of the cross-polarization component, the phase-only hologram and amplitude-only hologram are engineered in the a-GST case and concealed in the c-GST case. Finally, we explore the 2D-chiral symmetry of meta-atoms and further propose two spin-selective meta-deflectors and a hybrid meta-deflector operating with arbitrary polarizations. The GST-based hybrid metasurface offers richer possibilities to realize various wavefront controls.
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