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ISSN 2095-9184 (print), ISSN 2095-9230 (online)

Bidirectional-pump-controlled reconfigurable nonlinear spoof plasmonic waveguide

Abstract: We present a dynamically reconfigurable spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) waveguide capable of bidirectional switching between perfect absorption and perfect transmission through active control. Nonlinear varactor diodes are integrated into the waveguide, enabling degenerate phase matching between pump and signal waves via voltage-tuned dispersion engineering. Three-wave mixing processes are established, allowing bidirectional phase-controlled transitions from destructive to constructive interference. The proposed SSPP waveguide overcomes traditional pumping constraints with its bidirectional configuration, supporting both forward- and backward-propagating pump-signal configurations and permitting signal amplitude modulations at both the transmitter and receiver ends. Experimental characterization demonstrates remarkable signal gain tunability: the forward pumping configuration achieves a dynamic range spanning from -69.50 to +1.04 dB, while the backward configuration spans from -70.49 to +1.45 dB. This work provides new design paradigms for microwave coherent systems and advances the development of reconfigurable electromagnetic devices for adaptive energy harvesting and high-speed signal processing applications.

Key words: Nonlinear spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP); Phase-matching; Coherent perfect absorption (CPA); Perfect transmission

Chinese Summary  <1> 双向泵浦调控的可重构非线性人工表面等离极化激元波导

崔文怡1,高欣欣2,张婧婧1
1东南大学毫米波全国重点实验室,中国南京市,211189
2香港城市大学太赫兹及毫米波全国重点实验室,中国香港特别行政区,999077
摘要:本文提出一种动态可重构的人工表面等离极化激元(SSPP)波导,通过有源调控实现了完美吸收与完美传输之间的双向切换。该波导集成了非线性变容二极管,通过电压调谐的色散工程,使泵浦波与信号波之间的简并相位得到匹配。所建立的三波混频过程实现了从相消干涉到相长干涉的双向相位控制转换。所提出的SSPP波导以其双向设计突破了传统泵浦限制,在同一器件上支持同向(泵浦前向)与反向(泵浦后向)传输的泵浦-信号配置,允许在发射端和接收端双向对信号功率进行调制。实验测试结果显示了其卓越的信号增益可调性能:前向泵浦配置下的动态范围为−69.5 dB至+1.04 dB,后向配置下的动态范围为−70.49 dB至+1.45 dB。本研究为微波相干系统提供了新的设计范式,并推动自适应能量收集、高速信号处理等可重构电磁器件的发展。

关键词组:非线性人工表面等离极化激元(SSPP);相位匹配;相干完美吸收(CPA);完美传输


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10.1631/FITEE.2500286

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TN011

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