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  • Nanophotonics
  • Metasurface Optics
  • Computational Electromagnetics

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  • Diffractive nonlocal metasurfaces offer novel light control capabilities.
  • Existing theories struggle to model the spatial responses of these advanced metasurfaces.

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  • Introduce spatio-temporal coupled mode theory (STCMT) for modeling nonlocal metasurfaces.
  • Provide a framework for designing and optimizing wavefront-shaping optical components.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the spatio-temporal coupled mode theory (STCMT) framework.
  • Validated STCMT against full-wave simulations.
  • Applied STCMT to design thermal emission shaping metasurfaces.

Main Results:

  • STCMT accurately captures the resonant response of nonlocal metasurfaces.
  • The framework allows for quantitative design guidance and optimization.
  • STCMT provides physical insights into nonlocal phenomena.

Conclusions:

  • STCMT is a powerful semi-analytical tool for understanding and designing nonlocal metasurfaces.
  • This framework reduces reliance on computationally intensive simulations.
  • STCMT facilitates rapid prototyping and application development in nanophotonics.