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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science

    Background:

    • Independent control of optical phase and polarization is crucial for advanced applications.
    • Integrating these functions onto a single device simplifies optical systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and design reflective cross-shaped quarter-wave birefringent metasurfaces.
    • To achieve full control over polarization and phase of reflected light.
    • To demonstrate integrated polarization conversion and sub-diffraction focusing.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of a family of reflective cross-shaped quarter-wave birefringent metasurfaces.
    • Development of meta-mirrors incorporating polarization conversion and focusing.
    • Numerical investigations to verify performance, including achromatic focusing.

    Main Results:

    • Successful design of metasurfaces enabling independent manipulation of phase and polarization.
    • Demonstration of meta-mirrors with combined polarization conversion and sub-diffraction focusing.
    • Numerical evidence of achromatic focusing performance.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed metasurfaces offer a versatile platform for manipulating optical fields.
    • These metasurfaces serve as flexible building blocks for complex vector optical field generation.
    • The integrated meta-mirrors simplify optical systems for applications like optical tweezers and nanolithography.