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Area of Science:

Optical Engineering
Nanotechnology
Microscopy

Background:

High-resolution optical imaging requires compact objective lenses with both wide fields of view (FOV) and high resolution.
Achieving both wide FOV and high resolution simultaneously is a significant challenge in optical lens design.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a polarization-insensitive metalens doublet for high-resolution imaging.
To validate the imaging performance of the metalens doublet across a wide field of view.

Main Methods:

Designed a metalens doublet with combined phase profiles for aberration correction and focusing.
Achieved diffraction-limited performance using analytical design.
Experimentally validated imaging performance using a 1951 USAF resolution chart at 808 nm.

Main Results:

Demonstrated a polarization-insensitive metalens doublet.
Achieved a half-pitch resolution of 388 nm (Group 10, Element 3) on a 1951 USAF resolution chart.
Maintained this resolution across a 12° FOV, covering a 40.0 μm diameter imaging area.

Conclusions:

The metalens doublet enables uniform high-resolution imaging over a wide field in a compact form factor.
The technology holds significant potential for miniaturized microscopes and other compact optical imaging systems.