Temperature-controlled terahertz polarization conversion bandwidth

Opt Express. 2021 Jul 5;29(14):21738-21748. doi: 10.1364/OE.431622.

Abstract

Active control of metasurfaces has attracted widespread attention because of the adjustable electromagnetic properties obtained. Here we designed and experimentally studied a dynamically controllable polarization converter in the terahertz band. By designing the structural parameters and utilizing the insulator-to-metal phase transition of vanadium dioxide and principle of current resonance, dynamic tunability of the polarization conversion function from dual-broadband (0.45∼0.77 THz and 0.97∼1.2 THz) to ultra-broadband (0.38∼1.20 THz) can be realized with a high polarization conversion ratio. The scheme proposed here can find potential applications in integrated terahertz systems, sensing, imaging and communications areas.