Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface

Jun Yan Dai; Jie Zhao; Qiang Cheng; Tie Jun Cui

doi:10.1038/s41377-018-0092-z

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Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface

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- Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 7, Issue 6, Pages: 888-897(2018)
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  1.State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China
  2.Synergetic Innovation Center of Wireless Communication Technology, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China
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  Qiang Cheng (qiangcheng@seu.edu.cn)
  Tie Jun Cui (tjcui@seu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-018-0092-z
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Dai, J. Y. et al. Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 620-626 (2018).
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Dai, J. Y. et al. Independent control of harmonic amplitudes and phases via a time-domain digital coding metasurface. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 620-626 (2018). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-018-0092-z.

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Harmonic manipulations are important for applications such as wireless communications, radar detection and biological monitoring. A general approach to tailor the harmonics involves the use of additional amplifiers and phase shifters for the precise control of harmonic amplitudes and phases after the mixing process; however, this approach leads to issues of high cost and system integration. Metasurfaces composed of a periodic array of subwavelength resonators provide additional degrees of freedom to realize customized responses to incident light and highlight the possibility for nonlinear control by taking advantage of time-domain properties. Here, we designed and experimentally characterized a reflective time-domain digital coding metasurface, with independent control of the harmonic amplitude and phase. As the reflection coefficient is dynamically modulated in a predefined way, a large conversion rate is observed from the carrier signal to the harmonic components, with magnitudes and phases that can be accurately and separately engineered. In addition, by encoding the reflection phases of the meta-atoms, beam scanning for multiple harmonics can be implemented via different digital coding sequences, thus removing the need for intricate phase-shift networks. This work paves the way for efficient harmonic control for applications in communications, radar, and related areas.

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