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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Metamaterials
    • Optical Engineering

    Background:

    • Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are crucial for beam control but limited by pixel size, restricting field of view and efficiency in compact systems.
    • Metasurfaces offer ultrathin profiles and subwavelength resolution, presenting a potential solution to overcome SLM limitations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a hybrid control architecture integrating metasurfaces within SLMs.
    • To enhance scanning range and viewing angle without increasing system volume.
    • To achieve high-fidelity, single-order diffraction modulation.

    Main Methods:

    • A static metasurface was designed for fine spatial encoding to extend maximum spatial frequency.
    • The SLM dynamically refreshed the phase of low-frequency components.
    • A phase retrieval algorithm was jointly designed with the metasurface.

    Main Results:

    • The hybrid architecture successfully enhanced scanning range and viewing angle.
    • High-fidelity, single-order diffraction was achieved.
    • A compact solution for real-time, large field-of-view modulation was demonstrated.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed hybrid metasurface-SLM architecture overcomes limitations of conventional SLMs.
    • This approach enables compact, real-time, large field-of-view modulation.
    • Potential applications include wide-field imaging, glasses-free 3D displays, and human-machine interaction.