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Area of Science:

Photonics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology

Background:

Photonic metamaterials and metasurfaces offer novel optical properties beyond natural materials.
Characterizing the phase properties of these nanostructured materials is technically demanding.
Existing methods struggle with small and spatially inhomogeneous samples.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a reliable technique for characterizing phase properties of photonic metamaterials and metasurfaces.
To directly visualize phase changes introduced by subwavelength-thick nanostructures.
To demonstrate the technique's efficiency with fabricated metasurface samples.

Main Methods:

Utilized a structured light, specifically a vortex beam, for interferometric measurements.
Designed and fabricated metasurface samples with nano-antennas to induce specific phase shifts.
Experimentally measured phase shifts of transmitted light through the metasurfaces.

Main Results:

The vortex beam interferometric method successfully visualized phase changes in metasurfaces.
Experimental phase shift measurements closely matched numerical simulations.
The technique accurately reflected the designed properties of the nano-antenna arrays.

Conclusions:

The proposed vortex beam interferometric method is a reliable technique for optical characterization of metamaterials and metasurfaces.
This method is particularly effective for small and inhomogeneous samples.
Potential applications include step-by-step probing of micro-scale samples due to the vortex beam's singularity.