The invention discloses a
cascade metasurface-based dual-function tunable optical device and a design method, and relates to the technical field of tunable metasurfaces. According to the optical device, high-refractive-index medium nano-columns with different sizes are arranged on an upper low-refractive-index medium substrate and a lower low-refractive-index medium substrate according to a specific mode to form a
cascade metasurface structure, an upper metasurface and a lower metasurface included in the
cascade metasurface have independent 2pi phase regulation and control capabilities under two kinds of orthogonal polarized light, and the two
layers of metasurfaces have independent 2pi phase regulation and control capabilities under two kinds of orthogonal polarized light. Two
wavefront regulation and control functions of polarization
multiplexing can be realized; furthermore, the cascaded metasurface device adopts a mechanical tuning mode, and dynamic tuning of a double-
wavefront regulation and
control function can be realized by controlling relative horizontal displacement between the upper and lower
layers of metasurfaces. Wherein the total phase of the cascaded metasurface is represented as a dynamic functional phase 1 under the polarization state 1, and is represented as a dynamic functional phase 2 under the polarization state 2. According to the invention, the double-layer structure design of the cascade metasurface is adopted, the total phase of the cascade metasurface is a dynamic deflection phase under X polarization by taking the functions of
light beam dynamic scanning and a
zoom lens as examples, and the displacement-related
light beam deflection can be realized under different
relative displacement conditions; and under Y polarization, a dynamic focusing phase is presented, and
focal length adjustment along with
relative displacement change can be realized. That is, the cascaded metasurface is an optical device which realizes dual-function dynamic tuning through horizontal displacement.