Abstract
Nonlocal metasurfaces, which support a collective mode, can be applied to manipulate the wavefront within the narrow band spectrum and do not operate other wavelengths. However, once fabricated, the tunability of those meta-devices is still a challenge. Here, we demonstrated a switchable all-dielectric nonlocal metasurface based on quasi-bound states in the continuum controlled by symmetry breaking. This device realizes the spatial light beam manipulation in the narrow band with switchable resonant wavelengths in different environment dielectric. We designed a nonlocal metasurface for beam focusing with a tunable wavelength in the communication band. We also designed a nonlocal metasurface for the generation of non-diffraction Airy beams with tunable wavelength. These results will have potential applications in see-through display, large-capacity optical communications, nonlinear optics and imaging.
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1. Introduction
The emergence of metasurface opens up a decade of innovation in Nano-photonics, such two-dimensional (2D) optical element consists of the array of well-designed sub-wavelength scatterers, which possesses an ability to manipulate the light field [1]. There are two typical metasurfaces in general duo to light-scatterer interaction. One is called local metasurface, composed of unit-cells that are only regarded as each individual nano-antenna without the interaction between the field of adjacent unit-cells [2], which can be extensively applied in manipulating the polarization, phase and amplitude of the light and implemented functions like imaging [3–5], displaying [6–8] and structured light generation [2,9–13] and quantum source [14,15]. The other is defined as nonlocal metasurfaces supporting a collective mode, such as Fano resonance or guided mode resonance [16–19]. Compared with local metasurfaces, nonlocal metasurfaces have an outstanding feature to manipulate light field within a narrowband spectrum near the resonant frequency without other optical response in extra wavelengths. Recently, some pioneering works related to nonlocal metasurface have been reported, such as beam deflection and focusing [17,20].
On the other hand, tunability of metasurfaces is always the topic of people’s concern. A lot of efforts have been made on local metasurfaces [21–23]. For nonlocal metasurface, recent studies have realized that tunable resonance frequency on nonlocal metasurface arising from thermo-optic effects [24]. In photonics crystal (PhC) slabs, there is a special collective mode named bound states in the continuum (BIC). They are completely bounded in the PhC slabs in spite of their momenta and energies matching the free space plane waves. By means of appropriate symmetry-breaking in PhC slabs, the quasi-BIC mode can be formed, which is a kind of Fano resonant mode with a high quality factor (Q-factor) [25,26]. The Q-factor and the resonant wavelength of quasi-BIC mode are closely related to symmetry-breaking and the refractive index of the supstrate [27,28]. With this principle, the resonant wavelengths of the designed nonlocal metasurfaces can be shifted in different surroundings.
Here, we propose a method to show the switchable all-dielectric nonlocal metasurfaces empowered by quasi-BIC. By means of the geometric phase supported by quasi-BIC mode, the device possesses the ability to manipulate the spatial light beams. We numerically demonstrate the device by designing three typical wavelength-switchable spatial light modulators in a narrow communication wavelength range, those are, a beam deflector, a focusing device and an Airy beam generator. We envision that our study may be a candidate for the next generation of multifunctional nanophotonic device, ranging from imaging, optical trapping to large-capacity optical communication.
2. Quasi-BIC supported in PhC slabs with period-doubling perturbation
In a four-fold rotational-symmetric PhC slabs system, doubling the period of the PhC slabs are used to construct the quasi-BIC mode. Figure 1(a) illustrates the schematic of the real-space structure (the left side) and the First Brillouin zone (FBZ) in momentum space (the right side) of the unperturbed PhC slabs. Figure 1(b) shows the schematic of the real-space structure (the left side) and the FBZ in momentum space (the right side) of the perturbed PhC slabs. The red area represents the silicon film and white circles are the etched holes. $\Gamma $, $X$ and $M$ are the lattice points in the reciprocal space. As shown in the left side of Fig. 1(b), by changing the two adjacent circular holes in the $y$ direction into two elliptical holes with major axes perpendicular to each other (blue dashed boxes), the real-space lattice period in this direction is doubled and the FBZ is reduced to half of the original one in the momentum space. Due to the periodic perturbation, the $X$ point of the unperturbed FBZ fell to the $\Gamma $ point.
The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is performed to simulate this PhC slab before and after perturbation by using the commercial software package “FDTD Solutions” (Lumerical Inc.). In the simulation, the diameter of the circle is set as $80\;\textrm{nm}$. The major axis of the ellipse is $300\;\textrm{nm}$ and the minor axis of the one is $80\;\textrm{nm}$. The index of silicon film is ${n_{Si}} = 3.45$. Figure 1(c) and Fig. 1(d) show the simulated band structure of the PhC slabs represented by green line before and after perturbation respectively. The red dotted line represents light cone, $\omega = c{k_y}$. From these two figures, one can see that after such a perturbation, the band structure is folded, and the original bound state mode at X point (the mode indicated by the red star in Fig. 2(c), and the illustration shows the out-of-plane (z direction) electric field distribution of the bound state) falls to the $\Gamma $ point. This mode changes from a mode under the original light cone to a mode above the light cone, forming a quasi-BIC mode (the mode indicated by the red star in Fig. 1(d), and the illustration shows the out-of-plane electric field distribution of the bound state).
3. Unit-cell library and the tunability of the nonlocal metasurface
According to the selection rules for quasi-BIC [29], The polarization direction of the quasi-BIC mode coupling to the free space can be determined. As shown in the right column of Fig. 2(a), the $pmm$ space group and $pmg$ space group are chosen as the parent groups, whose polarization direction coupled with free space is along the x direction and $y$ direction respectively. By arbitrarily rotating the elliptical cylinder by the angle $\alpha $, the child space group $p2$ can be obtained. The angle between the polarization direction of the space group coupling to the free space and the x axis is $\phi $. When $\alpha = 0$, the $p2$ space group is transformed into the $pmm$ space group, and when $\alpha = \pi /4$, the $p2$ space group is transformed into the $pmg$ space group. From $pmm$ to $pmg$, $\phi $ changed $\pi /2$ and $\alpha $ changed $\pi /4$, that is, $\phi = 2\alpha $. This form makes it easy to think of the well-known geometric phase. Actually, when left handed polarized (LCP) light illuminates the system, the phase of left handed polarized (LCP) component and right handed polarized (RCP) component satisfy the following rule [29]:
where $\Phi _{RCP}^r$ and $\Phi _{LCP}^r$ are the phase of RCP component and LCP component in reflection side respectively, $\Phi _{RCP}^t$ and $\Phi _{LCP}^t$ are the phase of RCP component and LCP component in transmission side respectively. As can be seen from the above relation, a geometric phase is imparted as the rotating angle changes, and the phase of RCP light in transmission and LCP light in reflection will vary as four times of rotating angle, for LCP incidence.With the above principles, a library of unit-cells can be built for the nonlocal metasurfaces. The left side of Fig. 2(a) shows the schematic diagrams of the unit-cells. The fused quartz substrate (the gray layer) is coated with silicon film (the red layer) with height $H = 250\;\textrm{nm}$. The refractive index of the Si film is ${n_{Si}} = 3.45$, and the refractive index of the glass substrate is ${n_{Si{O_2}}} = 1.45$. Elliptical cylindrical holes with a height H are etched on the silicon film, and the angle between the major axis directions of the two adjacent ellipses in the y direction is 90°. The period in the x direction is $P = 400\;\textrm{nm}$, and the period in the y direction is $2P$. The light blue square above the structure represents the surrounding, such as air, water, etc. For clarity, a top view of the unit-cell is shown in the bottom left of Fig. 2(a). The minor axis of the ellipse is ${D_b} = 80\;\textrm{nm}$, which is equal to the diameter of the circle of the unperturbed photonic crystal slab. The length of the major axis of the ellipse is ${D_a} = {D_b} + \delta $, where $\delta $ is the perturbation factor. When the LCP light irradiates the unit structure from the substrate, the phase of the transmitted RCP light changes with the rotation angle $\alpha $ as shown in Fig. 2(b). For different $\alpha $, the resonant wavelength will be slightly different. In order to keep the same resonant wavelength for different $\alpha $, the size of the major axis ${D_a}$ of the ellipse has been adjusted appropriately shown as the red curve in Fig. 2(b). When $\alpha $ changes from 0° to 90°, the phase of the RCP light changes from 0 to $2\pi $, indicating a geometric phase relationship of 4 times the rotation angle.
The quasi-BIC mode enhances the interaction between the light and the matter as a result of the high Q-factor. In another hand, this mode is sensitive to the optical properties of matters, such as refractive index. When the surrounding medium is changed, the refractive index of the etched hole will be changed, and the resonant wavelength of quasi-BIC mode will shift. Figure 2(c) depicts the transmission spectrum of the unit-cell in various environmental dielectric with LCP light incidence. The color solid curve is the transmission spectrum under the refractive index of different environmental dielectric over the communication regime. As the refractive index of the environmental dielectric changes from 1 to 1.6, the resonance wavelength shifts from 1.45 µm to 1.66 µm.
4. Design principle of the nonlocal metasurface
4.1 Switchable light deflection on a nonlocal metasurface
Applying the above rules, a nonlocal metasurface with a gradient distribution of rotation angle of 10° has been designed as shown in Fig. 3(a), 19 unit-cells are arranged in a gradient in the x direction, forming a super-unit-cell with the period of $2P$ in the y direction and the period of $19P$ in the x direction.
Based on the generalized Snell's law [1], when LCP light is incident, the wavefront of RCP is transformed at the resonance wavelength under the modulation of the geometric phase. Figure 3(b1) shows the transmission spectrum of the supercell when the surrounding refractive index ${n_{en}} = 1$ (in the air), and the resonance wavelength is 1540 nm. At this wavelength, the phase of the RCP light changes gradient along the x direction, and the propagation direction of RCP component of transmitted light is deflected by 40°, as shown in Fig. 3(b2). While, in Fig. 3(b3), the amplitude of the electric field of the RCP component is small at the non-resonant wavelength of 1593 nm. The conversion efficiency of right-handed circularly polarized light is low, and the light field is almost uncontrolled by the geometric phase coded in the super-unit-cell. If we place the device in an environment with a refractive index ${n_{en}} = 1.33$, such as water, the resonant wavelength of the quasi-BIC mode will red shift.
As shown in Fig. 3(c1), the transmission spectrum shows that the resonance wavelength shifts from 1540 nm to 1593 nm. Figure 3(c3) shows that the RCP light is deflected by an angle of 40° at the resonance wavelength of 1593 nm, when the LCP light is incident. Figure 3(c2) shows the amplitude of the electric field of RCP component of transmitted light. It indicates that the conversion efficiency of the RCP light is low, and propagation direction of the light field is almost unaffected at non-resonant wavelength of 1540 nm.
4.2 Switchable nonlocal metasurface for light focusing
In this section, we design a tunable nonlocal metasurface for narrow band focusing. Therefore, the typical phase profile follows:
where $r = \sqrt {x_0^2 + y_0^2} $ is the distance from arbitrary position $({x_0},{y_0})$, ${\lambda _0}$ is the design wavelength, and ${f_0}$ is the focal length. For a proof-of-concept, here we simulated one-dimensional device along x direction. This phase profile is coded into the device via rotation of elliptical cylinder of unit-cells at a given coordinate x.As a result, Fig. 4(a) depicts the nonlocal metasurface for space light focusing. The transmitted RCP component light is focused at different wavelength with LCP light normal incidence in different environment. Figure 4(b) plots the phase distribution for focusing in the x direction, and each dark green sphere corresponds to a unit-cell of the nonlocal metasurface. According to the 4-times relationship between the geometric phase and the rotation angle in the nonlocal metasurface, the rotation angle of the unit-cell is quarter of the corresponding phase. The length of the device in the x direction is $40\;{\mathrm{\mu} \mathrm{m}}$, and the focal length is set to $16\;{\mathrm{\mu} \mathrm{m}}$. When the surrounding refractive index ${n_{en}} = 1$, the LCP is incident from the glass substrate, and its transmission spectrum is plotted in Fig. 4(c1). The resonant wavelength of the device is located at 1540 nm. Figure 4(c2) shows the normalized intensity of the transmitted RCP component light field at the resonant wavelength of $1540\;\textrm{nm}$. As the result of the modulation of the geometric phase, the light field is focused at this wavelength. At the $1610\;\textrm{nm}$ wavelength away from the resonant peak, as shown in Fig. 4(c3), the light field focus is not formed. If the refractive index of the environment where the device is located is ${n_{en}} = 1.33$, such as water, the simulated transmission spectrum is plotted in Fig. 4(d1). As the result of the variation of the environment, the resonant peak is red-shifted from $1540\;\textrm{nm}$ to $1610\;\textrm{nm}$. Figure 4(d2) shows the normalized intensity distribution of the transmitted RCP light at $1540\;\textrm{nm}$. The original focused image has disappeared. Figure 4(d3) shows the normalized intensity distribution of the transmitted RCP light at $1610\;\textrm{nm}$. From this image, we can see that the focusing phenomenon previously located at $1540\;\textrm{nm}$ moves to $1610\;\textrm{nm}$. As can be seen from these images, the focus effect of the light waves remains stable after the change of surrounding medium index. So far, we have realized the design of the frequency-adjustable focusing non-local metasurface.
4.3 Tunable nonlocal metasurface for the generation of Airy beams
Airy beam as a set of solution of the Schrödinger equation exhibits characteristics of the non-diffracting, self-healing and self-accelerating [30,31], have widely inspired the applications including imaging [32,33] and optical communication in medium changing [34,35] or long-distance transmission situation [36]. The electric field envelope of the Airy beam with limited energy can be expressed as:
Figure 5(a) demonstrates the Airy beams generated by nonlocal metasurface with LCP light normal incidence at different resonant wavelength as the variation of surroundings. Figure 5(b) plots the phase distribution of the deflected Airy beam at a distance of $24\;{\mathrm{\mu} \mathrm{m}}$ in the x direction, where each dark green ball corresponds to the phase that a unit-cell needs to meet. Figure 5(a) depicts a nonlocal metasurface-based Airy beam generator. If the refractive index of the environmental dielectric is ${n_{en}} = 1$, such as air, we get the transmission spectrum, as the broad band of LCP light is normal incident from the substrate. Figure 5(c1) shows the simulated transmittance spectrum across a broad communication band. The resonant wavelength is $1540\;\textrm{nm}$. Figure 5(c2) shows the image of the normalized RCP light intensity which forms an Airy beam. While at a position away from the resonance wavelength, such as $1610\;\textrm{nm}$, the RCP light does not form an Airy beam, shown as Fig. 5(c3). Then, we set the environmental refractive index ${n_{en}} = 1.33$, like in water. We can obtain the transmission spectrum curve, as shown in Fig. 5(d1). The resonance wavelength moves from $1540\;\textrm{nm}$ to $1593\;\textrm{nm}$. Figure 5(d2) and Fig. 5(d3) draw the normalized RCP light intensity at the non-resonant wavelength of $1540\;\textrm{nm}$ and the resonant wavelength of $1583\;\textrm{nm}$ respectively. As the variation of the environmental index, the wavelength position at which the Airy beam is generated moves from $1540\;\textrm{nm}$ to $1593\;\textrm{nm}$.
5. Conclusion
In summary, we demonstrated a switchable all-dielectric nonlocal metasurface based on quasi-bound states in the continuum. This device realizes the spatial light manipulation of the narrow band resonant spectrum with adjustable wavelength. We designed a nonlocal metasurface for beam focusing with tunable wavelength in the communication band. We also designed a nonlocal metasurface for the generation of non-diffraction Airy beams with tunable wavelength. This study has potential applications in large-capacity optical communications, nonlinear optics, and imaging.
Funding
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (020414380175); National Natural Science Foundation of China (11621091, 11774162, 11774164, 11822406, 11834007); National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0303700).
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful for the collaborators: Quan Yuan, Xiujuan Zou, Jun Liu, Yifan Wu, Boyan Fu, Xiaoshu Zhu, Guangxing Gong, Ruoyu Lin, Qianhui Bi, Yi Zhang and Mingqian Shi.
Disclosures
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Data availability
Data underlying the results presented in this paper are not publicly available at this time but may be obtained from the authors upon reasonable request.
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