Elecrtrically Reconfigurable Infrared III-V Phased Array Metasurfaces

Abstract

Metasurfaces are ultrathin flat surfaces decorated with sub-wavelength nanostructures that can induce abrupt changes in the phase, amplitude, and polarization of a light beam. Demonstrations of metasurface beam shapers, flat lenses, waveplates, and holograms reveal the great promise to replace conventional bulk optical components with flat surfaces. Introducing tunability and re-configurability to metasurfaces is probably the holy grail of research in the field, and would lead to new classes of programmable optical and optoelectronics components. We report accomplishments made toward the goal of designing, fabricating and demonstrating reconfigurable metasurfaces based on electrically-controlled III-V device heterostructures and various thermo-optic based metasurfaces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 2020
Accession Number
AD1104375

Entities

People

  • Jon A Schuller

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Heterojunctions
  • Materials
  • Metal-Insulator Transitions
  • Metals
  • Modulation
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Optoelectronics
  • Phase Shift
  • Phased Arrays
  • Photonics
  • Reflectivity
  • Refractive Index
  • Resonance
  • Resonators
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics