Open AccessManipulating the wavefront of light by plasmonic metasurfaces operating in high order modes
Author(s) -
Zhiwei Li,
Jiaming Hao,
Lirong Huang,
Hu Li,
Hao Xu,
Yun Sun,
Ning Dai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.008788
Subject(s) - wavefront , optics , plasmon , diffraction , azimuth , photonics , classification of discontinuities , phase (matter) , metamaterial , aperture (computer memory) , physics , beam steering , optical vortex , numerical aperture , optoelectronics , wavelength , beam (structure) , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics , acoustics
In this work, plasmonic metasurfaces with abrupt phase discontinuities operating in high order modes are investigated for manipulating the wavefront of light. We first design two types of meta-super-cells consisting of V-shaped antennas with the phase shift coverage larger than 2π. And then, we create two linear gradient phased metasurfaces using the designed cells, which exhibit exceptional abilities for light-steering functioned as meta-echelette gratings operating in high order diffraction modes, may be valuable for using in high resolution spectrographs and advantage to achieve high numerical aperture plasmonic lenses. Based on the new designed super cells we further build another two azimuthal gradient phased metasurfaces that are able to generate high order optical vortex beams. Our results could lead to wide applications in photonic research.