Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas

We report the fabrication and characterization of a plasmonic metasurface comprising electrically-contacted sub-wavelength gold dipole nanoantennas, conformally coated by a thin hafnia film, an indium tin oxide layer and a backside mirror, forming metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitors, for use...

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Main Authors: Mayoral Astorga Luis Angel, Shabaninezhad Masoud, Northfield Howard, Ntais Spyridon, Rashid Sabaa, Lisicka-Skrzek Ewa, Mehrvar Hamid, Bernier Eric, Goodwill Dominic, Ramunno Lora, Berini Pierre
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Published: De Gruyter 2024-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0796
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author Mayoral Astorga Luis Angel
Shabaninezhad Masoud
Northfield Howard
Ntais Spyridon
Rashid Sabaa
Lisicka-Skrzek Ewa
Mehrvar Hamid
Bernier Eric
Goodwill Dominic
Ramunno Lora
Berini Pierre
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Shabaninezhad Masoud
Northfield Howard
Ntais Spyridon
Rashid Sabaa
Lisicka-Skrzek Ewa
Mehrvar Hamid
Bernier Eric
Goodwill Dominic
Ramunno Lora
Berini Pierre
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description We report the fabrication and characterization of a plasmonic metasurface comprising electrically-contacted sub-wavelength gold dipole nanoantennas, conformally coated by a thin hafnia film, an indium tin oxide layer and a backside mirror, forming metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitors, for use as an electrically-tunable reflectarray or metasurface. By voltage biasing the nanoantennas through metallic connectors and leveraging the carrier refraction effect in the MOS capacitors, our measurements demonstrate phase control in reflection over a range of about 30°, with a constant magnitude of reflection coefficient of 0.5, and the absence of secondary lobes. Comprehensive electromagnetic and quantum carrier models of the structure are developed and are in excellent agreement with the measurements. The metasurface holds promise for use as an optical phased array.
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spelling doaj-art-2eb93d0e34c344ceadf1a54640ee08c72025-08-20T02:23:36ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142024-02-0113690191310.1515/nanoph-2023-0796Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennasMayoral Astorga Luis Angel0Shabaninezhad Masoud1Northfield Howard2Ntais Spyridon3Rashid Sabaa4Lisicka-Skrzek Ewa5Mehrvar Hamid6Bernier Eric7Goodwill Dominic8Ramunno Lora9Berini Pierre10School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaHuawei Technologies Canada, Ottawa, CanadaHuawei Technologies Canada, Ottawa, CanadaHuawei Technologies Canada, Ottawa, Canada6363NEXQT Institute, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, OntarioK1N 6N5, CanadaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6363University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ONK1N 6N5, CanadaWe report the fabrication and characterization of a plasmonic metasurface comprising electrically-contacted sub-wavelength gold dipole nanoantennas, conformally coated by a thin hafnia film, an indium tin oxide layer and a backside mirror, forming metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitors, for use as an electrically-tunable reflectarray or metasurface. By voltage biasing the nanoantennas through metallic connectors and leveraging the carrier refraction effect in the MOS capacitors, our measurements demonstrate phase control in reflection over a range of about 30°, with a constant magnitude of reflection coefficient of 0.5, and the absence of secondary lobes. Comprehensive electromagnetic and quantum carrier models of the structure are developed and are in excellent agreement with the measurements. The metasurface holds promise for use as an optical phased array.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0796opticalreflectarrayplasmonicsmetasurfaceindium tin oxidephased array
spellingShingle Mayoral Astorga Luis Angel
Shabaninezhad Masoud
Northfield Howard
Ntais Spyridon
Rashid Sabaa
Lisicka-Skrzek Ewa
Mehrvar Hamid
Bernier Eric
Goodwill Dominic
Ramunno Lora
Berini Pierre
Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
Nanophotonics
optical
reflectarray
plasmonics
metasurface
indium tin oxide
phased array
title Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
title_full Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
title_fullStr Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
title_full_unstemmed Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
title_short Electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
title_sort electrically tunable plasmonic metasurface as a matrix of nanoantennas
topic optical
reflectarray
plasmonics
metasurface
indium tin oxide
phased array
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0796
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