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Most of the reported vortex beam generators generate vortex beams at a fixed frequency, which limits the practical applications. Therefore, it is inevitable to explore a vortex beam generator, which can actively control the operating frequency. We propose a switchable frequency terahertz vortex beam metasurface, it is freely switchable under single-frequency mode and dual-frequency mode by changing the external temperature, the phase state of vanadium dioxide (VO2) is also changeable. External temperature changes will cause VO2 to transform from insulating state to metallic state. Generally, VO2 conductivity can increase by several orders of magnitude as operating temperature changes. By using the phase change property of VO2, we can obtain a metasurface with switchable operating frequencies. For operating at room temperature, the proposed metasurface behaves as a single-frequency terahertz vortex generator. When (left-handed circularly polarized, LCP) terahertz wave is vertically incident on the metasurface, it generates vortex beams with different topological charge numbers at a frequency of 1.1 THz, and the mode purity is above 85%. The simulation results show that the mode purity of the vortex beam with the topological charge l = 1 is 90%, and the mode purity is about 91.1% for the vortex beam with l = 2, and 85.4% for the vortex beam with l = 3. When the external temperature is of 68 ℃, the designed metasurface becomes a dual-frequency vortex beam generator. At this time, the operating frequencies of vortex beams with different topological charges (l = 1, 2, 3) are 0.7 and 1.23 THz, whose mode purities are both above 60%. That is to say, the corresponding mode purities at topological charge with l = 1 for two operating frequencies are 89.1% and 71.6%, respectively. The mode purities are 83.2% and 94.4% with topological charge l = 2, respectively. The mode purities are 62.4% and 68.2% with topological charge l = 3, respectively. Therefore, the proposed switchable frequency terahertz vortex generator provides a new design idea for working frequency modulation in wireless terahertz communication.
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Keywords:
- terahertz vortex /
- switchable /
- frequency regulation
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图 1 频率可切换太赫兹涡旋波束调控示意图 (a) 25 ℃时, LCP波入射、RCP涡旋波输出; (b) 68 ℃时, LCP波入射、两个频率的RCP涡旋波输出
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of switchable frequency terahertz vortex beam regulation: (a) At room temperature, the LCP wave incidence and RCP vortex wave output; (b) at 68 ℃, the LCP wave is incidence and RCP vortex wave output under two frequencies.
图 2 不同温度下超表面单元结构的(a), (c)透射振幅和(b), (d)相位 (a), (b) 室温; (c), (d) 68 ℃
Figure 2. (a), (c) Transmission amplitudes and (b), (d) phases of metasurface cell structure under different temperatures: (a), (b) Room temperature; (c), (d) 68 ℃.
图 3 l = 1, 2, 3时, 频率可切换太赫兹涡旋波束超表面的(a)—(c)相位分布与(d)—(f)单元阵列排布 (a), (d) l = 1; (b), (e) l = 2; (c), (f) l = 3
Figure 3. Phase distribution (a)–(c) and cell array arrangement (d)–(f) of switchable frequency terahertz vortex beam metasurface (l = 1, 2, 3): (a), (d) l = 1; (b), (e) l = 2; (c), (f) l = 3.
图 4 室温下, f = 1.1 THz涡旋波束在不同拓扑荷数下的远场强度、远场相位、电场相位和振幅图 (a) l = 1; (b) l = 2; (c) l = 3
Figure 4. At room temperature, far-field intensity, far-field phase, electric field phase and amplitude of vortex beam with different topological charges at a frequency of 1.1 THz: (a) l = 1; (b) l = 2; (c) l = 3.
图 5 室温下, f = 1.1 THz涡旋波束在不同拓扑荷数下的模式纯度 (a) l = 1; (b) l = 2; (c) l = 3
Figure 5. At room temperature, mode purity of vortex beam with different topological charges at a frequency of 1.1 THz: (a) l = 1; (b) l = 2; (c) l = 3.
图 6 温度为68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 1的涡旋波束的远场强度、远场相位、电场相位和振幅图 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 6. Far-field intensity, far-field phase, electric field phase and amplitude of vortex beam with topological charge l = 1 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
图 7 温度为68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 1的涡旋波束的模式纯度 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 7. Mode purity of vortex beam with topological charge l = 1 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
图 8 温度为68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 2的涡旋波束远场强度、远场相位、电场相位和振幅图 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 8. Far-field intensity, far-field phase, electric field phase and amplitude of vortex beam with topological charge l = 2 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
图 9 68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 2的涡旋波束的模式纯度 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 9. Mode purity of vortex beam with topological charge l = 2 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
图 10 温度为68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 3的涡旋波束远场强度、远场相位、电场相位和振幅图 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 10. Far-field intensity, far-field phase, electric field phase and amplitude of vortex beam with topological charge l = 3 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
图 11 温度为68 ℃时, 拓扑荷数l = 3的涡旋波束的模式纯度 (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz
Figure 11. Mode purity of vortex beam with topological charge l = 3 at 68 ℃: (a) f = 0.7 THz; (b) f = 1.23 THz.
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[1] Wang D, Li N N, Li Z S, Chen C, Lee B, Wang Q H 2022 Opt. Express 30 3157
Google Scholar
[2] Inoue K, Anand A, Cho M 2021 Opt. Lett. 46 1470
Google Scholar
[3] Yang Z B, Tang D Y, Hu J, Tang M J, Zhang M K, Cui H L, Wang L H, Chang C, Fan C H, Li J, Wang H B 2021 Small 17 2005814
Google Scholar
[4] Oda N 2010 C. R. Physique 11 496
Google Scholar
[5] Zhou J, Wang X M, Wang Y X, Huang G R, Yang X, Zhang Y, Xiong Y, Liu L, Zhao X, Fu W L 2021 Talanta 228 122213
Google Scholar
[6] Zhou Z, Cao Z J, Pi Y M 2018 Sensors 18 10
Google Scholar
[7] Han J Q, Li L, Yi H, Shi Y 2018 Opt. Mater. Express 8 3470
Google Scholar
[8] Bao L, Fu X J, Wu R Y, Ma Q, Cui T J 2021 Adv. Mater. Technol. 6 2001032
Google Scholar
[9] 李晓楠, 周璐, 赵国 2019 物理学报 68 238101
Google Scholar
Li X N, Zhou L, Zhao G Z 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 238101
Google Scholar
[10] Li W Y, Zhao G Z, Meng T H, Sun R, Guo J Y 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 058103
Google Scholar
[11] Zhang X D, Kong D P, Yuan Y, Mei S, Wang L L, Wang G X 2020 Opt. Commun. 465 125561
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[12] Tang S W, Li X K, Pan W K, Zhou J, Jiang T, Ding F 2019 Opt. Express 27 4281
Google Scholar
[13] Akram M R, Mehmood M Q, Bai X D, Jin R H, Premaratne M, Zhu W R 2019 Adv. Opt. Mater. 7 1801628
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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