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Designing transparent piezoelectric metasurfaces for adaptive optics

Liao Qiao, Xiangyu Gao, Kaile Ren, Chaorui Qiu, Jinfeng Liu, Haonan Jin, Shuxiang Dong, Zhuo Xu, Fei Li

2024Nature Communications32 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract Simultaneously generating various motion modes with high strains in piezoelectric devices is highly desired for high-technology fields to achieve multi-functionalities. However, traditional approach for designing multi-degrees-of-freedom systems is to bond together several multilayer piezoelectric stacks, which generally leads to cumbersome and complicated structures. Here, we proposed a transparent piezo metasurface to achieve various types of strains in a wide frequency range. As an example, we designed a ten-unit piezo metasurface, which can produce high strains ( ε 3 = 0.76%), and generate linear motions along X-, Y- and Z-axis, rotary motions around X-, Y- and Z-axis as well as coupled modes. An adaptive lens based on the proposed piezo metasurface was demonstrated. It can realize a wide range of focal length (35.82 cm ~ ∞) and effective image stabilization with relatively large displacements (5.05 μm along Y-axis) and tilt angles (44.02′ around Y-axis). This research may benefit the miniaturization and integration of multi-degrees-of-freedom systems.

Topics & Concepts

MiniaturizationPiezoelectricityDegrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)Tilt (camera)OpticsLens (geology)PhysicsRange (aeronautics)Computer scienceOptical axisOptoelectronicsAcousticsMaterials scienceNanotechnologyMechanical engineeringEngineeringComposite materialQuantum mechanicsMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface TechnologiesAdvanced Materials and Mechanics