Abstract
AbstractMultidimensional and large‐scale parallel manipulation of light, especially on‐demand tailoring of the working frequency and spatial phase front, is highly pursued in modern optics. Here, broadband tunable planar optics is demonstrated by electrically driving the nanohelix of photopatterned heliconical cholesterics. By preprogramming the initial orientation of the helixes using a dynamic‐mask photoalignment technique, spatial geometric phases can be arbitrarily encoded to the reflected light in a reconfigurable way. Due to the reversible electrically variant pitch of the heliconical superstructures, the reflective Bragg band can be precisely selected in the range from 380 to 1550 nm. In addition to wavelength selection and geometric phase modulation, spatial amplitude modulation and spin reversion can be further expected. This may offer a platform for full‐dimensional manipulation of light, including wavelength/frequency, phase, amplitude, time, and spin, thus upgrading optical information processing techniques.
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