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Area of Science:

  • Photonics
  • Metasurface technology
  • Optical engineering

Background:

  • Controlling polarization and wavelength simultaneously is a major challenge in metasurface photonics.
  • Existing methods are limited by dispersion and structural constraints.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To achieve continuous polarization-wavelength mapping.
  • To overcome limitations of current metasurface designs.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a nonlocal metasurface platform.
  • Introduced nonlocal Jones matrix formalism.
  • Utilized a dimension-interlaced vectorial diffraction neural network.

Main Results:

  • Achieved programmable, spectrally resolved polarization shaping in the mid-infrared.
  • Demonstrated continuous mapping across polarization-wavelength space.
  • Experimentally validated multicolor vectorial holography, achromatic imaging, and polarization multiplexing with high fidelity.

Conclusions:

  • Established a scalable route for continuous-domain photonic encoding.
  • Provides a foundation for ultracompact optical communication and high-dimensional light-field processing.