Switchable broadband and wide-angular terahertz asymmetric transmission based on a hybrid metal-VO₂ metasurface

Abstract

We propose a switchable broadband and wide-angular terahertz asymmetric transmission based on a spiral metasurface composed of metal and VO₂ hybrid structures. Results show that asymmetric transmission reaching up to 15% can be switched on or off for circularly polarized terahertz waves when the phase of VO₂ transits from the insulting state to the conducting state or reversely. Strikingly, we find that relatively high asymmetric transmission above 10% can be maintained over a broad bandwidth of 2.6-4.0 THz and also over a large incident angular range of 0^°-45^°. We further discover that as the incident angle increases, the dominant chirality of the proposed metasurface with VO₂ in the conducting state can shift from intrinsic to extrinsic chirality. We expect this work will advance the engineering of switchable chiral metasurfaces and promote terahertz applications.