The invention discloses a
Malus metasurface-based dynamic optical
differentiator and a design method thereof, the dynamic optical
differentiator comprises a metasurface array and a
grating structure, and the metasurface array is formed by a plurality of nano
brick structure units on the same plane; each nano
brick structure unit comprises a
silicon substrate, a
silicon dioxide layer and a
silicon nano
brick which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top; a layer of
grating structure composed of
vanadium dioxide is tightly attached to the bottom of the substrate, and the state of the
vanadium dioxide is changed by controlling the temperature, so that
dynamic switching between first-order differential and second-order differential is completed, that is, the
vanadium dioxide is in a medium state before
phase change, the first-order differential is completed, and the
vanadium dioxide is in a
metal state after
phase change, and the second-order differential is completed. The functions of a first-order
differentiator and a second-order differentiator can be achieved without additional optical elements, and the
vanadium dioxide material is introduced to achieve dynamic regulation and control of functions.