A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams

Zhipeng Yu; Xinyue Gao; Jing Yao; Zhiyuan Wang; Tianting Zhong; Yuzhi Shi; Bo Li; Puxiang Lai; Xiangping Li; Qinghua Song

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A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams

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- A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams
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  hpuxiang.lai@polyu.edu.hk
  jxiangpingli@jnu.edu.cn
  ksong.qinghua@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1186/s43593-024-00077-3
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- Received：01 June 2024，
  
  Revised：27 September 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-10-07，
  
  Published Online：02 December 2024，
  
  Published：2024-12
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Zhipeng Yu, Xinyue Gao, Jing Yao, et al. A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams[J]. Elight, 2024, 4.
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Zhipeng Yu, Xinyue Gao, Jing Yao, et al. A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams[J]. Elight, 2024, 4. DOI： 10.1186/s43593-024-00077-3.

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Abstract

Optical vortices

featured with an infinite number of orthogonal channels of orbital angular momentum

have demonstrated marvelous potentials in optical multiplexing and associated applications. However

conventional vortex beams with global phase modulation approach usually possess a single topological charge (TC) and a uniform radial distance with the donut-shaped intensity

leaving unlimited spatial intensity information unexplored. Here

to break the spatial capacity limitation

we introduce an entirely new concept of a spatial-frequency patching metasurface by patching the field distribution piece-by-piece in the spatial-frequency domain

thereby breaking the symmetry of the beam morphology and allowing for local manipulation of spatial intensity and TC distributions. Moreover

by superimposing two orthogonal circular polarized perfect VBs

our breakthrough offers a super-capacity with at least 13 channels across a 3D parametric space

including morphology

polarization azimuth and ellipticity angle

namely super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams (SC-PVVBs). Furthermore

we have designed an optimized Dammann grating to facilitate an array of SC-PVVBs

thereby unleashing the full potentials across 13 channels/bits for multi-dimensional complex information communications. Our findings promise dense data transmission in an ultra-secure manner using VBs

opening up new avenues in super-capacity optical information technology in an integrated metasurface platform.

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