Optical fiber meta-tips

Maria Principe; Marco Consales; Alberto Micco; Alessio Crescitelli; Giuseppe Castaldi; Emanuela Esposito; Vera La Ferrara; Antonello Cutolo; Vincenzo Galdi; Andrea Cusano

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.226

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Optical fiber meta-tips

Original Articles

- Optical fiber meta-tips
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 1, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Optoelectronic Division, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
  2.Waves Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
  3.Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, National Research Council, I-80131 Napoli, Italy
  4.UTTP-MDB, Materials and Devices, ENEA—Portici Research Center, I-80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
- Author bio：
  
  V Galdi, Email: vgaldi@unisannio.it
  A Cusano, Email: a.cusano@unisannio.it
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.226
  CLC：
- Published：2017-03，
  
  Published Online：08 September 2016，
  
  Received：01 March 2016，
  
  Revised：30 August 2016，
  
  Accepted：06 September 2016
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Principe, M. et al. Optical fiber meta-tips. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16226 (2017).
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Principe, M. et al. Optical fiber meta-tips. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16226 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.226.

摘要

Abstract

We report on the first demonstration of a proof-of-principle optical fiber 'meta-tip'

which integrates a phase-gradient plasmonic metasurface on the fiber tip. For illustration and validation purposes

we present numerical and experimental results pertaining to various prototypes implementing generalized forms of the Snell's transmission/reflection laws at near-infrared wavelengths. In particular

we demonstrate several examples of beam steering and coupling with surface waves

in fairly good agreement with theory. Our results constitute a first step toward the integration of unprecedented (metasurface-enabled) light-manipulation capabilities in optical-fiber technology. By further enriching the emergent 'lab-on-fiber' framework

this may pave the way for the widespread diffusion of optical metasurfaces in real-world applications to communications

signal processing

imaging and sensing.

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Keywords

Fiber opticsmetasurfacesplasmonicswavefront manipulation

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