High-efficiency and broadband asymmetric spin–orbit interaction based on high-order composite phase modulation
Ou Yuzhong,
Chen Yan,
Zhang Fei,
Pu Mingbo,
Jiang Mengna,
Xu Mingfeng,
Guo Yinghui,
Feng Chaolong,
Gao Ping,
Luo Xiangang
Affiliations
Ou Yuzhong
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Chen Yan
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Zhang Fei
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Pu Mingbo
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Jiang Mengna
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Xu Mingfeng
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Guo Yinghui
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Feng Chaolong
College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Gao Ping
College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Luo Xiangang
National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chengdu610209, China
Asymmetric spin–orbit interaction (ASOI) breaks the limitations in conjugate symmetry of traditional geometric phase metasurfaces, bringing new opportunities for various applications such as spin-decoupled holography, imaging, and complex light field manipulation. Since anisotropy is a requirement for spin–orbit interactions, existing ASOI mainly relies on meta-atom with C1 and C2 symmetries, which usually suffer from an efficiency decrease caused by the propagation phase control through the structural size. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that ASOI can be realized in meta-atoms with rotational symmetry ≥3 by combining the generalized geometric phase with the propagation phase. Utilizing an all-metallic configuration, the average diffraction efficiency of the spin-decoupled beam deflector based on C3 meta-atoms reaches ∼84 % in the wavelength range of 9.3–10.6 μm, which is much higher than that of the commonly used C2 meta-atoms with the same period and height. This is because the anisotropy of the C3 metasurface originates from the lattice coupling effect, which is relatively insensitive to the propagation phase control through the meta-atom size. A spin-decoupled beam deflector and hologram meta-device were experimentally demonstrated and performed well over a broadband wavelength range. This work opens a new route for ASOI, which is significant for realizing high-efficiency and broadband spin-decoupled meta-devices.
