Efficient generation of complex vectorial optical fields with metasurfaces

Dongyi Wang; Feifei Liu; Tong Liu; Shulin Sun; Qiong He; Lei Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00504-x

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- Efficient generation of complex vectorial optical fields with metasurfaces
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 4, Pages: 681-694(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  2.Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Green Photonics and Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  3.Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  4.Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
- Author bio：
  
  Shulin Sun (sls@fudan.edu.cn)
  Qiong He (qionghe@fudan.edu.cn)
  Lei Zhou (phzhou@fudan.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00504-x
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- Published：30 April 2021，
  
  Published Online：31 March 2021，
  
  Received：03 October 2020，
  
  Revised：01 March 2021，
  
  Accepted：01 March 2021
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Wang, D. Y. et al. Efficient generation of complex vectorial optical fields with metasurfaces. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 681-694 (2021).
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Wang, D. Y. et al. Efficient generation of complex vectorial optical fields with metasurfaces. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 681-694 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00504-x.

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Abstract

Vectorial optical fields (VOFs) exhibiting

arbitrarily designed

wavefronts and polarization distributions are highly desired in phot

onics. However

current methods to generate them either require complicated setups or exhibit limited functionalities

which is unfavorable for integration-optics applications. Here

we propose a generic approach to efficiently generate arbitrary VOFs based on metasurfaces exhibiting

full-matrix

yet

inhomogeneous

Jones-matrix distributions. We illustrate our strategy with analytical calculations on a model system and an experimental demonstration of a meta-device that can simultaneously deflect light and manipulate its polarization. Based on these benchmark results

we next experimentally demonstrate the generation of a far-field VOF exhibiting both a vortex wavefront and an inhomogeneous polarization distribution. Finally

we design/fabricate a meta-device and experimentally demonstrate that it can generate a complex

near-field

VOF—a cylindrically polarized surface plasmon wave possessing orbital angular momentum—with an efficiency of ~34%. Our results establish an efficient and ultracompact platform for generating arbitrary predesigned VOFs in both the near- and far-fields

which may find many applications in optical manipulation and communications.

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