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Read more at: Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths

Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths

15 April 2025

Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths Dielectric metasurface has become a versatile platform for light manipulation. Due to its subwavelength feature size, the metasurface can induce optical resonances with tailored characteristics, such as Fano...


Read more at: CPDS Researchers Develop Fast-Speed Electrically Tunable Metasurface for Full 2π Phase Modulation

CPDS Researchers Develop Fast-Speed Electrically Tunable Metasurface for Full 2π Phase Modulation

CPDS Researchers Develop Fast-Speed Electrically Tunable Metasurface for Full 2π Phase Modulation A groundbreaking study from the Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors (CPDS) at the University of Cambridge, led by Wenhan Zhang, Dr. Mike Pivnenko , and Professor Daping Chu , introduces a fast-...


Read more at: Electrically Tunable Metasurface

Electrically Tunable Metasurface

1 October 2024

Electrically Tunable Metasurface Members of the CPDS group have recently co-authored a paper on a liquid crystal based dynamically tunable metasurface for amplitude modulation. The metasurface consists of coupled subwavelength grating fingers, which provide alignment for the liquid crystal without the need for an...


Read more at: Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment

Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment

1 October 2024

Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment Dynamic metasurface with subwavelength dimensions has emerged as a key optical technology in recent years. Although various active tuning mechanisms are being proposed, liquid crystal-based dynamic...


Read more at: Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control

Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control

6 June 2024

Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control In the rapidly evolving field of optical engineering, the integration of metasurfaces with dynamic control elements remains a pivotal challenge. Wenhan Zhang, a researcher from the CPDS group, has fabricated a liquid-crystal Huygens metasurface, leading to an unprecedented level of...


Read more at: Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications

Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications

1 April 2024

Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications Metasurface technology is progressing rapidly towards commercialization and productization, due to its unparallelled advantages over conventional optical solutions. The reconfigurable metasurface...


Read more at: Dielectric Meta-Atoms with Liquid Crystal Alignment Effect for Electrically Tunable Metasurface

Dielectric Meta-Atoms with Liquid Crystal Alignment Effect for Electrically Tunable Metasurface

5 February 2024

Dielectric Meta-Atoms with Liquid Crystal Alignment Effect for Electrically Tunable Metasurface Dielectric metasurfaces with tunable functions are increasingly appealing to both the academia and industrial communities. Among the many tuning mechanisms reported so far, metasurface immersed in liquid crystal (LC) stands out...


Read more at: Increasing Steering Angle of LCoS in a WSS System Through Integration with a Metasurface

Increasing Steering Angle of LCoS in a WSS System Through Integration with a Metasurface

1 April 2023

Increasing Steering Angle of LCoS in a WSS System Through Integration with a Metasurface Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) has been the dominant choice for wavelength selective switches (WSSs) in telecommunication industry due to its high spatial resolution and compatibility with software defined flexible grid feature...


Read more at: Phase Shift of Liquid Crystal-Induced Resonance Tuning in Dielectric Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelength

Phase Shift of Liquid Crystal-Induced Resonance Tuning in Dielectric Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelength

15 March 2023

Phase Shift of Liquid Crystal-Induced Resonance Tuning in Dielectric Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelength During the last decade, active metasurface has attracted significant attention from academia and industry because of its unparalleled advantages over conventional technologies. Active metasurface using...


Read more at: Electrically Tuned Active Metasurface towards Metasurface-Integrated Liquid Crystal on Silicon (meta-LCoS) Devices

Electrically Tuned Active Metasurface towards Metasurface-Integrated Liquid Crystal on Silicon (meta-LCoS) Devices

30 January 2023

Electrically Tuned Active Metasurface towards Metasurface-Integrated Liquid Crystal on Silicon (meta-LCoS) Devices Active metasurfaces add a new dimension to static metasurfaces by introducing tunability, and this has received enormous attention from industry. Although various mechanisms have been proposed over the past...