4.6 Article

Flexible THz Carrier-Envelope Phase Shifter Based on Metamaterials

Journal

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 10, Issue 18, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202200541

Keywords

carrier-envelope phase; carrier-envelope phase shifter; metamaterials; temporal waveforms; terahertz

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61988102]

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This study proposes an ultra-thin and flexible THz CEP shifter, which can modulate the carrier-envelope phase of THz pulses by changing the array of materials. The shifter has good tolerance and is suitable for applications such as THz-STM, with potential uses including wave focusing and beam steering.
The ability to manipulate terahertz (THz) waveform is important for its applications. Despite rapid progress in metamaterials (MMs), the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) control for THz pulse is still challenging due to its broadband feature. THz scanning tunneling microscope (THz-STM), as an emerging technique combining both high temporal and spatial resolution, imposes additional requirements. Here, an ultra-thin and flexible THz CEP shifter with five groups of different MM arrays is proposed. The CEP shifter is based on a specified split-ring resonator with a pair of cross-oriented gratings to enhance transmission efficiency. Simulation and experimental results show that the CEP of the THz pulse is modulated by passing through different MM arrays in turn, which can be shifted as high as 2 pi. The CEP shifter has good tolerance to wide-angle oblique incidence and structural bending, which is expected to be used as a key component for THz-STM. The structure of the CEP shifter has many potential applications, including THz wave focusing, beam-steering, spatial phase modulation, and structured light generation.

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