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Wan S, Qu K, Shi Y, Li Z, Wang Z, Dai C, Tang J, Li Z. Multidimensional Encryption by Chip-Integrated Metasurfaces. ACS NANO 2024. [PMID: 38958405 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
Abstract
Facing the challenge of information security in the current era of information technology, optical encryption based on metasurfaces presents a promising solution to this issue. However, most metasurface-based encryption techniques rely on limited decoding keys and struggle to achieve multidimensional complex encryption. It hinders the progress of optical storage capacity and puts encryption security at a disclosing risk. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a multidimensional encryption system based on chip-integrated metasurfaces that successfully incorporates the simultaneous manipulation of three-dimensional optical parameters, including wavelength, direction, and polarization. Hence, up to eight-channel augmented reality (AR) holograms are concealed by near- and far-field fused encryption, which can only be extracted by correctly providing the three-dimensional decoding keys and then vividly exhibit to the authorizer with low crosstalk, high definition, and no zero-order speckle noise. We envision that the miniature chip-integrated metasurface strategy for multidimensional encryption functionalities promises a feasible route toward the encryption capacity and information security enhancement of the anticounterfeiting performance and optically cryptographic storage.
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- Shuai Wan
- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430206, China
- School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Suzhou Institute of Wuhan University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Wang ZX, Wu JW, Xu H, Dai JY, Liu S, Cheng Q, Cui TJ. A Dual-Polarization Programmable Metasurface for Green and Secure Wireless Communication. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2403624. [PMID: 38900065 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Dual-polarization programmable metasurfaces can flexibly manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves while providing approximately twice the information capacity. Therefore, they hold significant applications in next-generation communication systems. However, there are three challenges associated with the existing dual-polarization programmable metasurfaces. This article aims to propose a novel design to address them. First, the design overcomes the challenge of element- and polarization-independent controls, enabling more powerful manipulations of EM waves. Second, by using more energy-efficient tunable components and reducing their number, the design can be nearly passive (maximum power consumption of 27.7 mW), leading to a significant decrease in the cost and power consumption of the system (at least two orders of magnitude lower than the power consumption of conventional programmable metasurfaces). Third, the design can operate in a broad bandwidth, which is attractive for practical engineering applications. Both the element and array of the metasurface are meticulously designed, and their performance has been carefully studied. The experiments demonstrate that 2D wide-angle beam scanning can be realized. Moreover, secure communication based on directional information modulation can be implemented by exploiting the metasurface and an efficient discrete optimization algorithm, showing its programmable, multiplexing, broadband, green, and secure features.
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- Zheng Xing Wang
- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
- Pazhou Laboratory (Huangpu), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510555, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
- Pazhou Laboratory (Huangpu), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510555, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
- Pazhou Laboratory (Huangpu), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510555, China
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Shi J, Li M, Tang L, Li X, Jia X, Guo C, Bai H, Ma H, Wang X, Niu P, Weng J, Yao J. All-Dielectric Integrated Meta-Antenna Operating in 6G Terahertz Communication Window. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308958. [PMID: 38189638 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Efficient transceivers and antennas at terahertz frequencies are leading the development of 6G terahertz communication systems. The antenna design for high-resolution terahertz spatial sensing and communication remains challenging, while emergent metallic metasurface antennas can address this issue but often suffer from low efficiency and complex manufacturing. Here, an all-dielectric integrated meta-antenna operating in 6G terahertz communication window for high-efficiency beam focusing in the sub-wavelength scale is reported. With the antenna surface functionalized by metagrating arrays with asymmetric scattering patterns, the design and optimization methods are demonstrated with a physical size constraint. The highest manipulation and diffraction efficiencies achieve 84.1% and 48.1%. The commercially accessible fabrication method with low cost and easy to implement has been demonstrated for the meta-antenna by photocuring 3D printing. A filamentous focal spot is measured as 0.86λ with a long depth of focus of 25.3λ. Its application for integrated imaging and communication has been demonstrated. The proposed technical roadmap provides a general pathway for creating high-efficiency integrated meta-antennas with great potential in high-resolution 6G terahertz spatial sensing and communication applications.
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- Jia Shi
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
- Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
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- Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Si L, Niu R, Cheng G, Zhu W. Experimental realization of a transmissive microwave metasurface for dual vector vortex beams generation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:14892-14903. [PMID: 38859423 DOI: 10.1364/oe.522716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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This work presents a theoretical design and experimental demonstration of a transmissive microwave metasurface for generating dual-vector vortex beams (VVBs). The proposed metasurface consists of an array of pixelated dartboard discretization meta-atoms. By rotating the meta-atoms from 0° to 180°, a Pancharatnam-Barry (P-B) phase covering the full 360° range is achieved, with a transmittance exceeding 90% over the frequency range from 9.7 to 10.2 GHz. The measured results demonstrate that when a linearly polarized microwave normally impinges on the metasurface, the transmitted beams correspond to the dual VVBs with different directions. A good agreement among Poincaré sphere theory, full-wave simulation, and experimental measurement is observed. This proposed transmissive microwave metasurface for VVBs may offer promising applications in communications and radar detection.
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Dai A, Fang P, Gao J, Min Q, Hu R, Qiu S, Wu X, Guo J, Situ G. Multifunctional Metasurfaces Enabled by Multifold Geometric Phase Interference. NANO LETTERS 2023. [PMID: 37200236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Geometric phase is frequently used in artificially designed metasurfaces; it is typically used only once in reported works, leading to conjugate responses of two spins. Supercells containing multiple nanoantennas can break this limitation by introducing more degrees of freedom to generate new modulation capabilities. Here, we provide a method for constructing supercells for geometric phases using triple rotations, each of which achieves a specific modulation function. The physical meaning of each rotation is revealed by stepwise superposition. Based on this idea, spin-selective holography, nanoprinting, and their hybrid displays are demonstrated. As a typical application, we have designed a metalens that enables spin-selective transmission, allowing for high-quality imaging with only one spin state, which can serve as a plug-and-play chiral detection device. Finally, we analyzed how the size of supercells and the phase distribution inside it can affect the higher order diffraction, which may help in designing supercells for different scenarios.
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- Anli Dai
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
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- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Microelectronics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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