Abstract

Spatial light modulators based on metasurfaces have attracted great attention due to their abilities of amplitude and phase modulation. However, the traditional one degree of freedom (1-DOF) tunable metasurfaces are limited by incomplete phase coverage and coupled amplitude and phase modulation. Here, we propose an optimization method for 2-DOF tunable metasurfaces within the framework of temporal coupled mode theory. As a validation of the proposed method, we present a germanium antimony tellurium (GST)-alloy-based 2-DOF tunable reflective metasurface. Full-wave simulation shows that independent modulation of amplitude and phase is realized with full phase coverage and amplitude range from 0 to 0.55. Our proposed design scheme for a 2-DOF tunable metasurface may facilitate the development of high-performance metasurface devices.

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