Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory

Muhammad Afnan Ansari; Hammad Ahmed; Yan Li; Guanchao Wang; Jemma E. Callaghan; Ruoxing Wang; James Downing; Xianzhong Chen

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01565-4

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Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory

Original Articles

- Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 10, Pages: 2376-2388(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
  2.School of Materials, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450015, China
  3.School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
  4.STMicroelectronics, 1Tanfield, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5DA, UK
  5.Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
- Author bio：
  
  Xianzhong Chen (x.chen@hw.ac.uk)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01565-4
  CLC：
- Received：12 April 2024，
  
  Revised：26 July 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-08-04，
  
  Published Online：02 September 2024，
  
  Published：31 October 2024
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Ansari, M. A. et al. Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2376-2388 (2024).
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Ansari, M. A. et al. Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2376-2388 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01565-4.

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Abstract

Metalenses can integrate the functionalities of multiple optical components thanks to the unprecedented capability of optical metasurfaces in light control. With the rapid development of optical metasurfaces

metalenses continue to evolve. Polarization and color play a very important role in understanding optics and serve as valuable tools for gaining insights into our world. Benefiting from the design flexibility of metasurfaces

we propose and experimentally demonstrate a super metalens that can realize multifaceted control of focal points along any 3D curved trajectory. The wavelengths and polarization states of all focal points are engineered in a desirable manner. The super metalens can simultaneously realize customized 3D positioning

polarization states

and wavelengths of focal points

which are experimentally demonstrated with incident wavelengths ranging from 501 to 700 nm. We further showcase the application of the developed super metalenses in 3D optical distance measurement. The compact nature of metasurfaces and unique properties of the proposed super metalenses hold promise to dramatically miniaturize and simplify the optical architecture for applications in optical metrology

imaging

detection

and security.

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