Polarization-Sensitive Diffractive Optics and Metasurfaces: "Past is Prologue"
Optics
2025-05-21 v1
Abstract
Polarization control and switchability are among the most unique features of "metasurfaces" as compared with diffractive optics technologies of the past. Here, we review how the polarization control afforded by the advent of present-day metasurfaces compares to diffractive elements of previous decades, clarifying from a functional perspective what is new, and what is not.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2505.13807,
title = {Polarization-Sensitive Diffractive Optics and Metasurfaces: "Past is Prologue"},
author = {Noah A. Rubin and Yeshaiahu Fainman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.13807},
year = {2025}
}