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Area of Science:

  • Photonics and Optics
  • Metasurface Technology
  • Plasmonics

Background:

  • Vectorial optical fields (VOFs) with tailored wavefronts and polarization are crucial for photonics.
  • Existing methods for VOF generation often involve complex setups and limited functionality, hindering integration.
  • Need for efficient and versatile platforms for generating arbitrary VOFs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and demonstrate a generic, efficient approach for generating arbitrary VOFs.
  • To utilize metasurfaces with full-matrix, inhomogeneous Jones matrix distributions for VOF generation.
  • To establish an ultracompact platform for VOF generation in both near- and far-fields.

Main Methods:

  • Design and fabrication of metasurfaces with spatially varying Jones matrix properties.
  • Analytical calculations on a model system to validate the strategy.
  • Experimental demonstration of meta-devices for light deflection, polarization manipulation, and VOF generation (near- and far-field).

Main Results:

  • Successful generation of far-field VOFs with vortex wavefronts and inhomogeneous polarization.
  • Experimental demonstration of a meta-device generating a complex near-field VOF (cylindrically polarized surface plasmon wave with OAM).
  • Achieved an efficiency of approximately 34% for near-field VOF generation.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed metasurface-based strategy provides an efficient and ultracompact platform for arbitrary VOF generation.
  • This approach enables precise control over both wavefront and polarization in near- and far-fields.
  • Potential applications in optical manipulation, optical communications, and integrated optics.