Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock

Hui Yang; Kai Ou; Qiang Liu; Meiyu Peng; Zhenwei Xie; Yuting Jiang; Honghui Jia; Xinbin Cheng; Hui Jing; Yueqiang Hu; Huigao Duan

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01738-1

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Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock

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- Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 3, Pages: 684-694(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.National Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, 410082 Changsha, China
  2.School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, 410081 Changsha, China
  3.Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 200092 Shanghai, China
  4.Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  5.Greater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University, 511300 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- Author bio：
  
  Yueqiang Hu (huyq@hnu.edu.cn)
  Huigao Duan (duanhg@hnu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01738-1
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- Received：19 June 2024，
  
  Revised：14 December 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-12-29，
  
  Published Online：26 January 2025，
  
  Published：31 March 2025
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Yang, H. et al. Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 684-694 (2025).
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Yang, H. et al. Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 684-694 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01738-1.

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Abstract

Accurately and swiftly characterizing the state of polarization (SoP) of complex structured light is crucial in the realms of classical and quantum optics. Conventional strategies for detecting SoP

which typically involves a sequence of cascaded optical elements

are bulky

complex

and run counter to miniaturization and integration. While metasurface-enabled polarimetry has emerged to overcome these limitations

its functionality predominantly remains confined to identifying SoP within the standard Poincaré sphere framework. The comprehensive detection of SoP on the higher-order Poincaré sphere (HOPS)

however

continues to be a huge challenge. Here

we propose a general polarization metrology method capable of fully detecting SoP on any HOPS through a single measurement. The underlying mechanism relies on transforming the optical singularities and Stokes parameters into visualized intensity patterns

facilitating the extraction of all parameters that fully determine a SoP. We actualize this concept through a novel meta-device known as the metasurface photonics polarization clock

which offers an intuitive display of SoP using four distinct pointers. As a proof of concept

we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate fully resolving SoPs on the 0th

1st

and 2nd HOPSs. Our implementation opens up a new pathway towards real-time polarimetry of arbitrary beams featuring miniaturized size

a simple detection process

and a direct readout mechanism

promising significant advancements in fields reliant on polarization.

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