A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications

HT Chen, AJ Taylor, N Yu - Reports on progress in physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Metamaterials are composed of periodic subwavelength metal/dielectric structures that
resonantly couple to the electric and/or magnetic components of the incident …

Using plasmonics and nanoparticles to enhance the efficiency of solar cells: review of latest technologies

MM Olaimat, L Yousefi, OM Ramahi - JOSA B, 2021 - opg.optica.org
With the advances in the field of plasmonics, techniques for trapping and localizing light
have become more feasible at the nanoscale. Several works have shown that plasmonics …

Electromechanically tunable metasurface transmission waveplate at terahertz frequencies

X Zhao, J Schalch, J Zhang, HR Seren, G Duan… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Dynamic polarization control of light is essential for numerous applications ranging from
enhanced imaging to material characterization and identification. We present a …

Invisible surfaces enabled by the coalescence of anti-reflection and wavefront controllability in ultrathin metasurfaces

H Chu, H Zhang, Y Zhang, R Peng, M Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reflection inherently occurs on the interfaces between different media. In order to perfectly
manipulate waves on the interfaces, integration of antireflection function in metasurfaces is …

THz absorbers with an ultrahigh Q-factor empowered by the quasi-bound states in the continuum for sensing application

W Yin, Z Shen, S Li, Y Cui, F Gao, H Hao, L Zhang… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The exceptional resonances excited by symmetry-protected quasi-bound states in the
continuum (QBICs) have provided significant potential in high-sensitive sensing …

Bilayer metasurfaces for dual-and broadband optical antireflection

L Huang, CC Chang, B Zeng, J Nogan, SN Luo… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Optical antireflection has long been pursued for a wide range of applications, but existing
approaches encounter issues in the performance, bandwidth, and structure complexity …

Various types of anti-reflective coatings (ARCS) based on the layer composition and surface topography: a review

M Moayedfar, MK Assadi - Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 2018 - degruyter.com
One of the crucial factors in improving optical device performance is decreasing reflection,
and enhancing light absorption or transmission from wide angles of incidence in a broad …

Taming the electromagnetic boundaries via metasurfaces: from theory and fabrication to functional devices

X Luo, M Pu, X Ma, X Li - International Journal of Antennas and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As two‐dimensional metamaterials, metasurfaces have received rapidly increasing attention
from researchers all over the world. Unlike three‐dimensional metamaterials, metasurfaces …

Realization of broadband reflective polarization converter using asymmetric cross-shaped resonator

L Zhang, P Zhou, H Lu, L Zhang, J Xie… - Optical Materials …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Cross-shaped resonator (CSR) in metamaterial usually corresponds to adjust resonant
characteristics. In this report, a simple and broadband reflective polarization converter is …

Resonance coupling and polarization conversion in terahertz metasurfaces with twisted split-ring resonator pairs

C Li, CC Chang, Q Zhou, C Zhang, HT Chen - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We investigate edge-coupling of twisted split-ring resonator (SRR) pairs in the terahertz
(THz) frequency range. Using a simple coupled-resonator model we show that such a …