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Optica, Optics Express, 18(29), p. 29320, 2021

DOI: 10.1364/oe.436261

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Switchable metasurface for nearly perfect reflection, transmission, and absorption using PIN diodes

Journal article published in 2021 by Xinyun Song, Weixu Yang, Kai Qu, Xudong Bai ORCID, Ke Chen ORCID, Yijun Feng ORCID, Weiren Zhu ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Active metasurfaces with dynamically switchable functionalities are highly in demands in various practical applications. In this paper, we experimentally present an active metasurface based on PIN diodes which can realize nearly perfect reflection, transmission and absorption in a single design. Such switchable functionalities are accomplished by controlling the PIN diodes integrated in both layers of the metasurface. A transmission line model is employed to further investigate the underlying mechanism of the metasurface. This proposal is confirmed by numerical simulations and experiments. As a novel metasurface with multiple switchable functionalities, our design may find some practical applications such as smart radomes.