Tunable structured light with flat optics

AH Dorrah, F Capasso - Science, 2022 - science.org
Flat optics has emerged as a key player in the area of structured light and its applications,
owing to its subwavelength resolution, ease of integration, and compact footprint. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in metasurface-enabled optical waveplates

Y Deng, Z Cai, Y Ding, SI Bozhevolnyi, F Ding - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
The polarization of light is crucial for numerous optical applications ranging from quantum
information processing to biomedical sensing due to the fundamental role of polarization as …

Hybrid dispersion engineering based on chiral metamirror

J Li, Y Yuan, G Yang, Q Wu, W Zhang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersion is one of the key performances of optical systems. As a man‐made device,
metasurface is a notable alternative for dispersion manipulation and has been developed …

Topologically protected optical polarization singularities in four-dimensional space

CM Spaegele, M Tamagnone, SWD Lim… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Optical singularities play a major role in modern optics and are frequently deployed in
structured light, super-resolution microscopy, and holography. While phase singularities are …

[HTML][HTML] Structural color generation: from layered thin films to optical metasurfaces

D Wang, Z Liu, H Wang, M Li, LJ Guo, C Zhang - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
Recent years have witnessed a rapid development in the field of structural coloration, colors
generated from the interaction of nanostructures with light. Compared to conventional color …

Ultrathin pyroelectric photodetector with integrated polarization-sensing metasurface

NC Wilson, E Shin, RE Bangle, SB Nikodemski… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
An abundance of metallic metasurfaces have been realized with miniscule, intricate features
capable of tailored scattering, reflection, and absorption; however, high losses through heat …

Revealing complex optical phenomena through vectorial metrics

C He, J Chang, PS Salter, Y Shen, B Dai… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Advances in vectorial polarization-resolved imaging are bringing new capabilities to
applications ranging from fundamental physics through to clinical diagnosis. Imaging …

Soft‐Matter‐Based Hybrid and Active Metamaterials

R Kowerdziej, A Ferraro… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metamaterials are artificial electromagnetic media structured on the subwavelength scale for
controlling the propagation of waves by means of transformation optics. The research activity …

Universal Polarization Transformations: Spatial Programming of Polarization Scattering Matrices Using a Deep Learning‐Designed Diffractive Polarization …

Y Li, J Li, Y Zhao, T Gan, J Hu, M Jarrahi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled synthesis of optical fields having nonuniform polarization distributions presents a
challenging task. Here, a universal polarization transformer is demonstrated that can …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing disordered photonics via multi-task learning towards intelligent four-dimensional light field sensors

S Zhu, Z Zheng, W Meng, S Chang, Y Tan, LJ Chen… - PhotoniX, 2023 - Springer
The complete description of a continuous-wave light field includes its four fundamental
properties: wavelength, polarization, phase and amplitude. However, the simultaneous …