All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation

Enhancing the information-carrying capacity of incident light using multifunctional metasurfaces have attracted considerable interests due to its promising applications in high-secure information encryption and communication. Incorporating spin-dependent wavefront control into all-dielectric designs...

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Main Authors: Naeem Ullah, Ata Ur Rahman Khalid, Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Vijay Laxmi, Yibin Tian, Xiaoqing Tian
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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Ata Ur Rahman Khalid
Shahid Iqbal
Muhammad Imran
Muhammad Ismail Khan
Vijay Laxmi
Yibin Tian
Xiaoqing Tian
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Shahid Iqbal
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Xiaoqing Tian
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description Enhancing the information-carrying capacity of incident light using multifunctional metasurfaces have attracted considerable interests due to its promising applications in high-secure information encryption and communication. Incorporating spin-dependent wavefront control into all-dielectric designs is particularly important, as it not only allows information encoding based on the polarization state of light but also significantly enhances the channel capacity and security of optical communications. This paper explores all-dielectric coding metasurface that not only contribute to the fundamental understanding of spin-dependent light-matter interactions but also facilitates spin-switchable wavefront manipulation. To authenticate the proposed concept, we utilize a dielectric metasurface constructed by silicon (Si) nanobricks arranged in a square lattice. Through the strategic design of coding patterns, we manipulated the geometric phase and propagation phase at a wavelength of 780nm to enable spin-dependent wavefront control, resulting in enhanced and complex functionalities, including manipulation of optical vortex beam (VB) carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) with varied topological charges and a beam shaping that effectively split and divide the incident beam at an appropriate angle. In addition, the convolution operations further augment the functionality of all-dielectric coding metasurfaces, enabling more complex and multichannel manipulations. Our design method offers a simple and effective approach, which promises further applications in high-capacity encrypted communications, quantum information processing, non-invasive imaging and diagnostic systems.
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spelling doaj-art-6963303c4e5d4a0eae23e3303f8ea0912025-08-20T02:29:34ZengElsevierResults in Physics2211-37972025-06-017310826510.1016/j.rinp.2025.108265All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulationNaeem Ullah0Ata Ur Rahman Khalid1Shahid Iqbal2Muhammad Imran3Muhammad Ismail Khan4Vijay Laxmi5Yibin Tian6Xiaoqing Tian7College of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United KingdomSchool of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United KingdomCollege of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, ChinaDepartement of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of ChinaCollege of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, ChinaCollege of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Corresponding authors.College of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Corresponding authors.Enhancing the information-carrying capacity of incident light using multifunctional metasurfaces have attracted considerable interests due to its promising applications in high-secure information encryption and communication. Incorporating spin-dependent wavefront control into all-dielectric designs is particularly important, as it not only allows information encoding based on the polarization state of light but also significantly enhances the channel capacity and security of optical communications. This paper explores all-dielectric coding metasurface that not only contribute to the fundamental understanding of spin-dependent light-matter interactions but also facilitates spin-switchable wavefront manipulation. To authenticate the proposed concept, we utilize a dielectric metasurface constructed by silicon (Si) nanobricks arranged in a square lattice. Through the strategic design of coding patterns, we manipulated the geometric phase and propagation phase at a wavelength of 780nm to enable spin-dependent wavefront control, resulting in enhanced and complex functionalities, including manipulation of optical vortex beam (VB) carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) with varied topological charges and a beam shaping that effectively split and divide the incident beam at an appropriate angle. In addition, the convolution operations further augment the functionality of all-dielectric coding metasurfaces, enabling more complex and multichannel manipulations. Our design method offers a simple and effective approach, which promises further applications in high-capacity encrypted communications, quantum information processing, non-invasive imaging and diagnostic systems.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379725001597MetasurfacesLight-matter interactionOptics and photonicsPolarizationOptical vortex beam
spellingShingle Naeem Ullah
Ata Ur Rahman Khalid
Shahid Iqbal
Muhammad Imran
Muhammad Ismail Khan
Vijay Laxmi
Yibin Tian
Xiaoqing Tian
All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
Results in Physics
Metasurfaces
Light-matter interaction
Optics and photonics
Polarization
Optical vortex beam
title All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
title_full All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
title_fullStr All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
title_full_unstemmed All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
title_short All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
title_sort all dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation
topic Metasurfaces
Light-matter interaction
Optics and photonics
Polarization
Optical vortex beam
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379725001597
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