Optically Interrogated Digital Metamaterial (OIDM) to Realize Light-Controlled Programmable Metamaterial System
(A) Illustration of OIDM and its programmable functions. For different light patterns, OIDM can realize different functions, such as external cloaking, microwave illusion, and dynamic vortex generation.
(B) Illustration of PDPM for independent control of orthogonal-polarized waves. The realized system can achieve versatile functions, such as wave-based XOR logic operation for spin control, wide-angle dual-beam scanning, and dual-polarized aperture sharing.