Ji Jitao, Ye Zhilin, Wang Zhizhang, Sun Jiacheng, Li Xueyun, Li Jian, Wang Junyi, Fang Bin, Gao Zihan, Hu Shanshan, Zhu Shining, Li Tao
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulations, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
Light Sci Appl. 2025 Sep 18;14(1):332. doi: 10.1038/s41377-025-02014-6.
On-chip metasurfaces have been exploited to manipulate guided waves into free space with desired wavefronts and bridge the gap between guided modes and free-space optical fields. However, existing on-chip metasurfaces for guided wave radiation typically lack dynamic tunability and high-capacity multiplexing for their practical applications. Here, we present a dynamic waveguide-based holographic display enabled by on-chip metasurface network on lithium niobate on insulator platform. Based on geometric phase and detour phase, an on-chip multiplexed metasurface network implemented on a 2 × 2 waveguide crossing array is incorporated with a two-stage lithium niobate (LN) switch to construct an addressable framework. Benefiting from the multiplexing capability of on-chip metasurface and the fast electro-optical response of LN modulators, guided wave radiation in the form of eight holographic images is tunable and addressable at high speeds. This work exemplifies a scalable approach for dynamic manipulation of guided signals and paves the way towards holographic displays, high-capacity optical communications and integrated photonic information processing.
片上超表面已被用于将导波操控为具有所需波前的自由空间波,并弥合导模与自由空间光场之间的差距。然而,现有的用于导波辐射的片上超表面在实际应用中通常缺乏动态可调性和高容量复用能力。在此,我们展示了一种基于动态波导的全息显示器,它由绝缘体上铌酸锂平台上的片上超表面网络实现。基于几何相位和迂回相位,在2×2波导交叉阵列上实现的片上复用超表面网络与两级铌酸锂(LN)开关相结合,构建了一个可寻址框架。受益于片上超表面的复用能力和LN调制器的快速电光响应,八个全息图像形式的导波辐射是可调谐的,并且能够高速寻址。这项工作例证了一种用于动态操控导波信号的可扩展方法,并为全息显示器、高容量光通信和集成光子信息处理铺平了道路。