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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Metamaterials and metasurfaces have gained significant attention for their unique optical properties.
  • Focusing and lensing components are crucial for applications in biological imaging, display technology, and nanolithography.
  • Ultrathin metafocusing devices, or metasurfaces, offer superlensing capabilities essential for miniaturized optical components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review metamaterial superlensing devices operating in transmission mode.
  • To present the working principles of perfect lenses and two-dimensional metasurfaces.
  • To summarize the practical applications of metasurfaces in various fields.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on metamaterial superlensing devices.
  • Analysis of working principles from perfect lenses to 2D metasurfaces.
  • Discussion of different device designs and their focusing performance.

Main Results:

  • Metasurfaces enable superlensing and are key to developing ultrasmall integrated optical components.
  • Transmission-mode metamaterial superlensing devices range from perfect lenses to 2D metasurfaces.
  • Metasurfaces have diverse applications including plasmonic lithography, holography, and advanced imaging.

Conclusions:

  • Metamaterial superlensing devices, particularly metasurfaces, are vital for next-generation optical technologies.
  • Understanding the principles and designs of these devices is crucial for their further development and application.
  • The reviewed devices and applications highlight the transformative potential of metasurfaces in optics and beyond.