Title :
Dynamic beam steering in micro-fluidic-meta-surface
Author :
Libin Yan ; Pin Chieh Wu ; Qinghua Song ; Weiming Zhu ; Wu Zhang ; Din Ping Tsai ; Capasso, Federico ; Ai Qun Liu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We present a widely tunable metasurface composed of microfluidic antennas with subwavelength thickness for dynamic beam steering. By controlling actively the length of supercell, the reflection can be tuned to arbitrary direction under normal illumination.
Keywords :
antennas; beam steering; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; optical metamaterials; optical tuning; dynamic beam steering; microfluidic antennas; microfluidic-metasurface; normal illumination; reflection; subwavelength thickness; supercell length; widely tunable metasurface; Antennas; Beam steering; Liquids; Metals; Microfluidics; Reflection; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
