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The possibility of making an object invisible for detectors has become a topic of considerable interest over the past decades. Most of the studies so far focused on reducing the visibility by reshaping the electromagnetic scattering in the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-04 Mingkai Liu , Alexander B. Kozyrev , Ilya V. Shadrivov

Metasurfaces are nano-structured devices composed of arrays of subwavelength scatterers (or meta-atoms) that manipulate the wavefront, polarization, or intensity of light. Like other diffractive optical devices, metasurfaces suffer from…

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Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) featuring atomically thin thickness and unique electronic structure with favorable bandgap has been widely recognized as an attractive new material for the development of the next generation of…

Optical bound-states in the continuum (BICs) have greatly enriched the field of nonlinear optics with novel ways to control and manipulate light-matter interaction at the nanoscale. This has been made possible by their unique physical…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-17 Ji Tong Wang , Nicolae C. Panoiu

High-speed optical receivers are crucial in modern optical communication systems. While complex photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are widely employed to harness the full degrees of freedom (DOFs) of light for efficient data transmission,…

Ultrafast nanophotonics is an emerging research field aimed at the development of nanodevices capable of light modulation with unprecedented speed. A promising approach exploits the optical nonlinearity of nanostructured materials (either…

The evolution of computer-generated holography (CGH) algorithms has prompted significant improvements in the performances of holographic displays. Nonetheless, they start to encounter a limited degree of freedom in CGH optimization and…

Optics · Physics 2023-09-27 Seung-Woo Nam , Youngjin Kim , Dongyeon Kim , Yoonchan Jeong

Metasurfaces allow tailored control over electromagnetic wavefronts. However, due to the local conservation of power flow, a passive, lossless, and reflectionless metasurface is limited to imparting phase discontinuities -- and not power…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-27 Brian O. Raeker , Anthony Grbic

In recent years, metasurfaces have shown extremely powerful abilities for manipulation of electromagnetic waves. However, the local electromagnetic response of conventional metasurfaces yields to an intrinsic performance limitation in terms…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-25 Vladislav Popov , Badreddine Ratni , Shah Nawaz Burokur , Fabrice Boust

Optical metasurfaces, consisting of subwavelength-scale meta-atom arrays, hold great promise to overcome fundamental limitations of conventional optics. Scalable nanomanufacturing of metasurfaces with high uniformity and reproducibility is…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-25 Shinhyuk Choi , Jiawei Zuo , Nabasindhu Das Yu Yao , Chao Wang

Metasurfaces have become a cornerstone of flat-optics, enabling precise control over light propagation through nanoengineered materials. Dynamic and reconfigurable metalenses are key to next-generation flat-optics platforms, yet their…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-27 Dipika Rani Nath , Sadid Muneer , Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury

Intelligent metasurfaces are one of the favorite technologies for integrating sixth-generation (6G) networks, especially the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that has been extensively researched in various applications. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-09 Herman L. dos Santos , Martin Voigt Vejling , Taufik Abrão , Petar Popovski

The emerging applications of silicon photonics in free space, such as LiDARs and quantum photonics, urge versatile emission shaping beyond the capabilities of conventional grating couplers. A platform that offers arbitrary shaping of…

Metasurface optical elements enable wavefront control and polarization manipulation with subwavelength resolution. Metasurfaces made of linearly birefringent meta-atoms such as rectangular nano-posts are commonly used to control phase and…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-01 Babak Mirzapourbeinekalaye , Andrew McClung , Amir Arbabi

We demonstrate a simple and scalable approach to increase conversion efficiencies of nonlinear metasurfaces by incorporating them into multipass cells and by letting the pump beam to interact with the metasurfaces multiple times. We…

In display technologies or data processing, planar and subwavelength free-space components suited for flat photonic devices are needed. Metasurfaces, which shape the optical wavefront within hundreds of nanometers, can provide a solution…

All-dielectric metasurfaces provide unique solutions for advanced wavefront manipulation of light with complete control of amplitude and phase at sub-wavelength scales. One limitation, however, for most of these devices is the lack of any…

Metasurfaces have offered unprecedented control over electromagnetic (EM) waves across a wide range of frequency spectrum by manipulating their phase, amplitude, and polarization at subwavelength scales. Full wavefront control using…

Plasmonic colour printing based on engineered metasurfaces has revolutionized colour display science due to its unprecedented subwavelength resolution and high-density optical data storage. However, advanced plasmonic displays with novel…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-07 Xiaoyang Duan , Simon Kamin , Na Liu

Recent advances in metasurfaces and optical nanostructures have enabled complex control of incident light with optically thin devices. However, it has thus far been unclear whether it is possible to achieve complete linear control of…