Metafiber transforming arbitrarily structured light

Chenhao Li, Torsten Wieduwilt, Fedja J. Wendisch, Andrés Márquez, Leonardo de S. Menezes, Stefan A. Maier (), Markus A. Schmidt () and Haoran Ren ()
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Chenhao Li: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Torsten Wieduwilt: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Fedja J. Wendisch: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Andrés Márquez: Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99
Leonardo de S. Menezes: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Stefan A. Maier: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Markus A. Schmidt: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Haoran Ren: Monash University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Structured light has proven useful for numerous photonic applications. However, the current use of structured light in optical fiber science and technology is severely limited by mode mixing or by the lack of optical elements that can be integrated onto fiber end-faces for wavefront engineering, and hence generation of structured light is still handled outside the fiber via bulky optics in free space. We report a metafiber platform capable of creating arbitrarily structured light on the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere. Polymeric metasurfaces, with unleashed height degree of freedom and a greatly expanded 3D meta-atom library, were 3D laser nanoprinted and interfaced with polarization-maintaining single-mode fibers. Multiple metasurfaces were interfaced on the fiber end-faces, transforming the fiber output into different structured-light fields, including cylindrical vector beams, circularly polarized vortex beams, and arbitrary vector field. Our work provides a paradigm for advancing optical fiber science and technology towards fiber-integrated light shaping, which may find important applications in fiber communications, fiber lasers and sensors, endoscopic imaging, fiber lithography, and lab-on-fiber technology.

Date: 2023
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