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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Metasurfaces
  • Micro/nano-optics

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  • Metasurfaces are emerging as powerful electromagnetic wave control devices.
  • Metalenses, a key application of metasurfaces, offer unique optical properties.
  • Existing metalenses are limited by their single focal point capability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel spatial multifocal metalens inspired by the compound eye of a fly.
  • To demonstrate the capability of reversing polarization state of incident circularly polarized light.
  • To achieve a horizontally aligned multifocal metalens and a spatially 3D-arrayed multifocal metalens.

Main Methods:

  • Design of phase and region distributions for multifocal metalens.
  • Combining horizontal and vertical alignment strategies for 3D array formation.
  • Characterization of focusing effects and crosstalk in the 3D-arrayed multifocal metalens.

Main Results:

  • Successful creation of a spatial multifocal metalens capable of reversing light polarization.
  • Demonstration of both horizontally and vertically aligned multifocal metalenses.
  • Achieved a spatially 3D-arrayed multifocal metalens with significantly low crosstalk.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed bionic 3D-arrayed multifocal metalens exhibits remarkable focusing capabilities.
  • This technology overcomes the single-focus limitation of conventional metalenses.
  • Potential applications include advanced imaging, nanoparticle manipulation, and optical communication.