Abstract
Self-accelerating beams have applications in optic and acoustic fields due to their peculiar properties. As a promising artificial two-dimensional metamaterial, a metasurface can be used as the generator of self-accelerating beams. However, restricted by the generalized Snell's law, most research hotspots focus on flat metasurfaces. In this Letter, the generalized Snell's law on an arbitrary curved reflective surface is discussed. Then, the phase profile for the self-accelerating beams generated from the curved reflective surface is derived based on the caustic theory. The metasurface consisting of the tunable spiral path units is constructed, and numerical and experimental validations are performed. The methodology developed in the present letter extends the applications of the self-accelerating beams.
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