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    • Photonics and optical engineering
    • Metamaterials and nanophotonics

    Background:

    • Directional beaming of electromagnetic waves through subwavelength apertures is crucial in photonics.
    • Traditional grating couplers suffer from low efficiency due to high-order diffractions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate high-efficiency directional beaming of light using metasurfaces.
    • To overcome the efficiency limitations of conventional grating couplers.

    Main Methods:

    • Designed and fabricated two specifically tailored metasurfaces (MTSs) acting as surface wave (SW) to propagating-wave meta-couplers.
    • Utilized phase-gradient meta-couplers to control diffraction orders and suppress unwanted ones.
    • Performed comprehensive near-field and far-field measurements.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved very high efficiencies for on-axis and off-axis directional beaming.
    • Demonstrated superior control over diffraction orders compared to grating couplers.
    • Experimental results showed strong agreement with theoretical analysis and full-wave simulations.

    Conclusions:

    • Metasurface-based meta-couplers offer a highly efficient solution for directional light beaming.
    • This approach provides precise control over light propagation, surpassing traditional methods.
    • The findings pave the way for advanced photonic devices with tailored light manipulation capabilities.