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Dual-Channel Surface Waves Directional Radiation with Customizable Intensity and Switchable Pattern.

Authors :
Liu T
Meng Y
Wang J
Ma H
Chen H
Fu X
Zhu R
Liu C
Han Y
Li W
Tang W
Qu S
Source :
ACS applied materials & interfaces [ACS Appl Mater Interfaces] 2023 Aug 02; Vol. 15 (30), pp. 37026-37037. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 19.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Achieving the conversion from surface waves (SWs) to propagating waves has captivated long-standing interest, and various ingenious metasurfaces benefiting from the powerful control capability for electromagnetic waves are able to realize efficient SWs directional radiation. Nevertheless, most existing schemes still suffer from the bottlenecks of single radiation channel, uncontrollable radiation intensity, and immutable radiation pattern, which immensely hinder their practical application in high-integration intelligent devices. Herein, a series of appealing strategies are proposed to achieve the dual-channel SWs directional radiation with customizable radiation intensity and switchable radiation pattern. The dual-channel SWs radiation metadevice based on the phase modulation metasurface is designed to directionally radiate SWs in left-handed circular polarized channel and right-handed circular polarized channel and possesses the broadband frequency scanning characteristic. More strikingly, the intensity-customizable dual-channel SWs radiation metadevice loaded with lumped resistors can control the realized gain of two circular polarized radiation beams, and the pattern-switchable dual-channel SWs radiation metadevice loaded with PIN diodes can dynamically adjust the radiation direction of the radiation beams. Numerous simulations and experiments of the proof-of-concept prototypes with modular design corroborate the theoretical predictions. Our methodology shows unprecedented flexibility in regulating SWs directional radiation and has enormous potential in engineering applications.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1944-8252
Volume :
15
Issue :
30
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
ACS applied materials & interfaces
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37465891
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c06632