Abstract

Most ultraviolet (UV) passive optics are currently non-tunable and lack external modulation methods because of the poor tunability of wide-bandgap semiconductor materials in UV working media. This study investigates the excitation of magnetic dipole resonances in the solar-blind UV region by hafnium oxide metasurfaces using elastic dielectric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The near-field interactions between the resonant dielectric elements can be modulated by the mechanical strain of the PDMS substrate, which can flatten the structure’s resonant peak beyond the solar-blind UV wavelength range, thereby turning on or off the optical switch in the solar-blind UV region. The device has a facile design and can be used in various applications, such as UV polarization modulation, optical communications, and spectroscopy.

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