Reconfigurable hybrid plasmonic-dielectric metasurfaces

We present a dynamic metasurface platform by incorporating the phase-change alloy Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) into metal-dielectric meta-atoms for active and non-volatile tuning of the optical response. We systematically design a unit cell, which selectively controls the fundamental plasmonic-photonic resonances of the metasurface via the dynamic change of the GST crystalline state. As a proof-of-concept, we experimentally demonstrate miniaturized tunable metasurfaces that globally manipulate amplitude and phase of incident light necessary for near-perfect absorption and anomalous/specular beam deflection, respectively. Our findings further substantiate reconfigurable hybrid metasurfaces as promising candidates for the development of miniaturized energy harvesting and optical signal processing devices.