  In recent years, a range of reconfigurable metamaterials controlled with
thermal, electric, magnetic and optical signals have been developed for
dynamically manipulating the intensity, phase and wave-front of electromagnetic
radiation across the broad electromagnetic spectrum ranging from microwave to
optics. Here for the first time, we demonstrate a reconfigurable metasurface
performing exclusive OR (XOR) logical operation using two independent control
electrical inputs and an optical read-out in the form of far-field Fano
intensity states at terahertz wavelengths. At the same time, the near field
resonant confinement enables a universal NAND logical operation. Further, by
using a single electrical input control and an optical readout, a logical NOT
operation is achieved at the far-field intensity states of the Fano resonance.
The proposed reconfigurable microcantilever based Fano design that exhibits
multiple logical operations can create a versatile platform for realization of
programmable and randomly accessible metamaterials with enhanced
electro-optical performance, multichannel data processing and encryption
techniques for high speed wireless networks which are now being pushed towards
terahertz wavelengths.

Applied Physics;Optics