The invention discloses a terahertz metasurface polarization coding
encryption method based on angular spectrum modulation, and belongs to the technical field of information
encryption. In the
encryption method, to-be-encrypted information is mapped to an
optical transfer function of a metasurface, so that an angular spectrum of an input
plaintext image is modulated under specific
linearly polarized light, and then a
ciphertext image is generated through inverse
Fourier transform. During decryption,
Fourier transform is carried out on a
ciphertext image obtained under a correct polarization condition, and information is recovered through angular spectrum
difference analysis. According to the method, an optical 4f
system can be used as a framework, a terahertz metasurface composed of rotating rectangular hole structure units is used as an angular spectrum modulator, and 2-bit information coding is achieved through different arrangement strategies of the metasurface. According to the method, a direct mapping strategy is adopted, the method does not need to depend on a complex iterative optimization
algorithm like traditional metasurface
holography, the
design process is simplified, decoupling of encrypted data and physical hardware is achieved, and
system flexibility and digital compatibility are improved. Meanwhile, the method is combined with a specific polarization observation and coding mechanism, so that the
information security is further enhanced. The invention provides an
effective solution for information encryption and anti-counterfeiting of the terahertz
wave band.