Off-axis metasurfaces for folded flat optics

Brandon Born, Sung-Hoon Lee, Jung-Hwan Song, Jeong Yub Lee, Woong Ko and Mark L. Brongersma ()
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Brandon Born: Stanford University
Sung-Hoon Lee: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro 130, Yeongtong-gu
Jung-Hwan Song: Stanford University
Jeong Yub Lee: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro 130, Yeongtong-gu
Woong Ko: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro 130, Yeongtong-gu
Mark L. Brongersma: Stanford University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract The overall size of an optical system is limited by the volume of the components and the internal optical path length. To reach the limits of miniaturization, it is possible to reduce both component volume and path length by combining the concepts of metasurface flat optics and folded optics. In addition to their subwavelength component thickness, metasurfaces enable bending conventional folded geometries off axis beyond the law of reflection. However, designing metasurfaces for highly off-axis illumination with visible light in combination with a high numerical aperture is non-trivial. In this case, traditional designs with gradient metasurfaces exhibit low diffraction efficiencies and require the use of deep-subwavelength, high-index, and high-aspect-ratio semiconductor nanostructures that preclude inexpensive, large-area nanofabrication. Here, we describe a design approach that enables the use of low-index (n ≈ 1.5), low-aspect ratio structures for off-axis metagratings that can redirect and focus visible light (λ = 532 nm) with near-unity efficiency. We show that fabricated optical elements offer a very large angle-of-view (110°) and lend themselves to scalable fabrication by nano-imprint lithography.

Date: 2023
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