On-chip wavefront shaping with dielectric metasurface
Metasurfaces can be programmed for a spatial transformation of the wavefront, thus allowing parallel optical signal processing on-chip within an ultracompact dimension. On-chip metasurfaces have been implemented with two-dimensional periodic structures, however, their inherent scattering loss limits...
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Published in | Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 3547 - 7 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Nature Publishing Group UK
07.08.2019
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Summary: | Metasurfaces can be programmed for a spatial transformation of the wavefront, thus allowing parallel optical signal processing on-chip within an ultracompact dimension. On-chip metasurfaces have been implemented with two-dimensional periodic structures, however, their inherent scattering loss limits their large-scale implementation. The scattering can be minimized in single layer high-contrast transmitarray (HCTA) metasurface. Here we demonstrate a one-dimensional HCTA based lens defined on a standard silicon-on-insulator substrate, with its high transmission (<1 dB loss) maintained over a 200 nm bandwidth. Three layers of the HCTAs are cascaded for demonstrating meta-system functionalities of Fourier transformation and differentiation. The meta-system design holds potential for realizing on-chip transformation optics, mathematical operations and spectrometers, with applications in areas of imaging, sensing and quantum information processing.
Metasurfaces can be programmed for a spatial transformation of the wavefront, allowing on-chip optical signal processing. Here, the authors demonstrate a one-dimensional high-contrast transmitarray metasurface-based lens on SOI substrate and demonstrate functionalities of Fourier transformation and differentiation. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 2041-1723 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-11578-y |