Abstract

A tunable metalens plays an indispensable role in the development of integrated optics, multi-imaging systems, etc. We propose a multifunctional tunable metalens that combines a double-layer barium titanate (BTO) structure and geometric phase in the visible light band. The refractive indices of the upper and lower layer BTO nanorods can be tuned continuously and independently by applying external voltage (0–60 V), and the lower layer can be converted between a full-wave plate and normal scattering unit, while the scatterers of the upper layer can be switched between a half-wave plate and full-wave plate. The voltages of the upper and lower layers can be adjusted to achieve different functions such as optical switches, conversion between monofocal and bifocal metalenses, adjustment of bifocal intensity, and broadband focusing (585–690 nm). Simulation results show that the multifunctional tunable metalens has a good focusing effect. A metalens with high focusing efficiency, dynamic reconfigurability, and a switching function has tremendous application potential in the fields of multifunctional devices, biomedicine, optical communication, imaging, and so on.

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