High-performance achromatic flat lens with high NA

Yifeng Shao; Paul Urbach

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01943-6

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High-performance achromatic flat lens with high NA

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- High-performance achromatic flat lens with high NA
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 9, Pages: 2376-2377(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  Optics Research, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
- Author bio：
  
  Paul Urbach (h.p.urbach@tudelft.nl)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-01943-6
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- Published Online：27 August 2025，
  
  Published：30 September 2025
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Shao, Y. F. & Urbach, P. High-performance achromatic flat lens with high NA. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 2376-2377 (2025).
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Shao, Y. F. & Urbach, P. High-performance achromatic flat lens with high NA. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 2376-2377 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-01943-6.

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Abstract

A new strategy has been presented to overcome the long-term dilemma of simultaneously achieving high numerical aperture

large aperture size

and broadband achromatism of flat lenses. A stepwise phase dispersion compensation (SPDC) layer is introduced as a substrate on which the meta-atoms are positioned.

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