Yueying Jia , Yu Wang , Peng Tan , Chenxiang Liu , Shuai Li , Jie Liu , Nikolay V. Petrov , Li Li , Hao Tian
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Terahertz Airy beam generator with electrically-controlled liquid crystal
We presented a broadband one-dimensional terahertz Airy beam generator with binary-phase elements by exploiting the transparent patterned-electrodes to electrically control nematic liquid crystal. The Airy beam generator can perform switching between Airy and Gaussian beams in a wide range from 2.3 to 2.8 THz by external voltage control. Typical diffraction-free, self-accelerating and self-healing characteristics were experimentally confirmed with the electrically switchable Airy beams at 2.54 THz. The scheme of liquid-crystal-based terahertz Airy beam generator has the advantages of broadband switchable operation, low cost and easy fabrication, with potential application in multi-dimensional simultaneous measurements by inter-switching between Airy and Gaussian beams.
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