Figure 1. Configurations of the MEMS spiral metamaterial.
(a) Enantiomeric chirality switching of the spiral structures is performed by changing the deformation direction of a planar Archimedean spiral. (b) The spiral structures are arrayed to form a chirality-switchable metamaterial. The polarization state of the THz wave is modulated by the optical activity of the metamaterial as the light passes through the metamaterial.