Birefringence occurs when light with different polarizations sees different refractive indices
during propagation. It plays an important role in optics and has enabled essential …

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 …

Diffraction gratings are crucial optical elements in various optical systems, which can realize
tailored diffraction energy distributions as well as phase modulations based on Fourier …

Any arbitrary state of polarization of light beam can be decomposed into a linear
superposition of two orthogonal oscillations, each of which has a specific amplitude of the …

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 …

Metasurfaces are planar structures that locally modify the polarization, phase and amplitude
of light in reflection or transmission, thus enabling lithographically patterned flat optical …

Although metasurfaces have shown great potential for manipulating light, most previously
realized meta-devices suffer from uncontrolled angular dispersions, making them …

Exquisite polarization control using optical metasurfaces has attracted considerable
attention thanks to their ability to manipulate multichannel independent wavefronts with …

Advances in polarization optics and integrated photonics require fundamentally new
polarization‐managing strategies allowing for efficient generation and complete control over …

Like amplitude, phase and frequency, polarization is one of the fundamental properties of
light, which can be used to record, process and store information. Optical metasurfaces are …