Highly Efficient Bifunctional Dielectric Metasurfaces at Visible Wavelength: Beam Focusing and Anomalous Refraction in High-Order Modes

• Main Authors: Zhenyu Xu, Zhiwei Li, Yanqing Tian, Yunbing Wei, Fei Wu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
• Series: Frontiers in Physics
• Subjects: metasurface; bifunctional; highly-efficient; high-order; visible band
• Online Access: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2020.575824/full

Metasurface is an artificially arranged sub-wavelength micro-structure array, where each structure can be regarded as a unit cell that is controlled by electromagnetic waves. Recently, bifunctional metasurfaces have garnered increasing interest and become excellent candidates for device miniaturization and integration. In this study, we propose a highly efficient bifunctional metasurface composed of silicon nanopillars, enabling beam anomalous refraction and focusing at visible wavelength. Based on the proposed metasurface, the other two metasurfaces demonstrating high-order beam anomalous refraction and focusing are designed successfully. This work will establish a positive prospect for the development of high-performance bifunctional metasurfaces.