Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics
Jitao Ji, Zhilin Ye, Zhizhang Wang, Jiacheng Sun, Xueyun Li, Jian Li, Junyi Wang, Bin Fang, Zihan Gao, Shanshan Hu, Shining Zhu, Tao Li
Abstract
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.