Lightweight, miniaturized optical imaging systems are vastly anticipated in these fields of
aerospace exploration, industrial vision, consumer electronics, and medical imaging …

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 …

The growing maturity of nanofabrication has ushered massive sophisticated optical
structures available on a photonic chip. The integration of subwavelength-structured …

Polarization plays a key role in science; hence its versatile manipulation is crucial. Existing
polarization optics, however, can only manipulate polarization in a single transverse plane …

As 2D metamaterials, metasurfaces provide an unprecedented means to manipulate light
with the ability to multiplex different functionalities in a single planar device. Currently, most …

Conventional human-driven methods face limitations in designing complex functional
metasurfaces. Inverse design is poised to empower metasurface research by embracing fast …

Over the last two decades, the capabilities of metasurfaces in light modulation with
subwavelength thickness have been proven, and metasurfaces are expected to miniaturize …

Secure packaging and transportation of light-sensitive chemical and biomedical test tubes
are crucial for environmental protection and public health. Benefiting from the compact form …

The combination of conventional polarization optical elements, such as linear polarizers and
waveplates, is widely adopted to tailor light's state of polarization (SOP). Meanwhile, less …

The control of polarization, an essential property of light, is of broad scientific and
technological interest. Polarizers are indispensable optical elements for direct polarization …