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    • Photonics
    • Optics
    • Materials Science

    Background:

    • Flat lenses offer miniaturization potential over traditional refractive lenses.
    • Telecommunications wavelengths (1.55 μm) present challenges for plasmonic devices due to material losses and coupling efficiencies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate a stand-alone flat lens capable of beam focusing at telecommunications wavelengths.
    • To identify the underlying light coupling and re-emission mechanisms responsible for the focusing effect.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a flat lens with a subwavelength aperture and a patterned surface grating.
    • Experimental characterization of the beam profile at varying wavelengths.
    • Numerical simulations using Lumerical Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) to validate experimental findings.

    Main Results:

    • The flat lens successfully produced a highly collimated beam at λ=1.55 μm.
    • Light coupling into surface plasmon polaritons and surface waves was observed.
    • Interference between diffracted light and grating re-emission was identified as the focusing mechanism.
    • Experimental results showed excellent agreement with FDTD simulations.

    Conclusions:

    • A novel flat lens geometry is presented for efficient beam focusing at telecommunications wavelengths.
    • The study elucidates the physical mechanisms enabling plasmonic flat lens operation in the infrared spectrum.
    • This work paves the way for advanced optical components in telecommunication systems.