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Metasurfaces with local phase tuning by subwavelength elements promise unprecedented possibilities for ultra-thin and multifunctional optical devices, in which geometric phase design is widely used due to its resonant-free and large…

During the past few years, metasurfaces have been used to demonstrate optical elements and systems with capabilities that surpass those of conventional diffractive optics. Here we review some of these recent developments with a focus on…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-27 Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali , Ehsan Arbabi , Amir Arbabi , Andrei Faraon

Optical metasurfaces have great potential to form the platform for manipulation of surface waves. A plethora of advanced surface-wave phenomena utilizing negative refraction, self-collimation and channeling of 2D waves can be realized…

Optical communication can be revolutionized by encoding data into the orbital angular momentum of light beams. However, state-of-the-art approaches for dynamic control of complex optical wavefronts are mainly based on liquid crystal spatial…

A general strategy for the realization of electric and magnetic quasi-trapped modes located at the same spectral position is presented. This strategy's application makes it possible to design metasurfaces allowing switching between the…

We report the experimental realization of a LiNbO3 metasurface for electro-optic modulation of light polarization in the telecommunication band. High-Q quasi-bound states in the continuum are emploied to enhance the modulation of amplitude…

Dielectric metasurfaces provide a unique platform for efficient harmonic generation and optical wavefront manipulation at the nanoscale. While several approaches are available for performing wavefront shaping, the one exploiting geometric…

Optical metasurfaces have been recently explored as ultrathin analog image differentiators. By tailoring the momentum transfer function, they can perform efficient Fourier-filtering - and thus potentially any linear mathematical operation -…

Dielectric metasurfaces provide a unique platform for efficient harmonic generation and optical wavefront manipulation at the nanoscale. Tailoring phase and amplitude of a nonlinearly generated wave with a high emission efficiency using…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-03 David Hähnel , Jens Förstner , Viktor Myroshnychenko

We implement a stacking strategy in designing chiral metasurfaces with high rotational symmetry, enabling quasi-bound-in-the-continuum (quasi-BIC) resonances characterized by absolute chirality. The rotational symmetry allows a circularly…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-30 Dmitrii Gromyko , Jun Siang Loh , Jiangang Feng , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Lin Wu

Optical metasurfaces empower us to manipulate the electromagnetic space and control light propagation at the nanoscale, offering a powerful tool to achieve modulation of light for information processing and storage. In this work, we propose…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-11 Tingting Liu , Jie Li , Shuyuan Xiao

Optical metasurfaces composed of precisely engineered nanostructures have gained significant attention for their ability to manipulate light and implement distinct functionalities based on the properties of the incident field. Computational…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Dean Hazineh , Soon Wei Daniel Lim , Qi Guo , Federico Capasso , Todd Zickler

High-index dielectrics can confine light into nano-scale leading to enhanced nonlinear response. However, increased momentum in these media can deteriorate the overlap between different harmonics which hinders efficient nonlinear…

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

A switchable metasurface composed of plasmonic split ring resonators and a dye-doped liquid crystal is developed. The transmission of the metasurface in the infrared spectral range can be changed by illuminating the dye-doped liquid crystal…

Plasmonic metasurfaces enable simultaneous control of the phase, momentum, amplitude and polarisation of light and hence promise great utility in realisation of compact photonic devices. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel chip-scale…

Active control of optical nonlinearity is essential for advancing next-generation electronics and photonics, including high-speed wireless communications, optical information processing, and nonlinear signal manipulation. However, achieving…

The ability to dynamically steer fs pulses from a monolithically integrated source is a critical milestone for the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics. The nascent field of reconfigurable metasurfaces -- made of optically resonant…

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…

Flat optics foresees a new era of ultra-compact optical devices, where metasurfaces serve as the foundation. Conventional designs of metasurfaces start with a certain structure as the prototype, followed by an extensive parametric sweep to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 Dayu Zhu , Zhaocheng Liu , Lakshmi Raju , Andrew S. Kim , Wenshan Cai