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Actively Tunable Metalens with Varying Fields of View
Hyeonsu Heo1, Minho Choi2,3, Hyunjung Kang1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Nano Letters
|July 7, 2026
Summary
Reconfigurable metasurfaces integrate liquid crystals for dynamic optical control. This study demonstrates tunable field of view and spatial resolution without mechanical parts.
Area of Science:
- Optics and Photonics
- Materials Science
Background:
- Metasurfaces offer advantages over traditional optics but lack post-fabrication tunability.
- Dynamic modulation is essential for many practical metasurface applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop reconfigurable metasurfaces with tunable field of view and spatial resolution.
- To address the limitations of static metasurfaces through dynamic control.
Main Methods:
- Integration of liquid crystal technology with polarization-multiplexed metasurfaces.
- Experimental demonstration of two prototype metasurfaces: a two-phase switching metasurface and a three-phase scanning metasurface.
Main Results:
- A two-phase metasurface demonstrated switching between high-resolution narrow-view and low-resolution wide-view modes.
- A three-phase metasurface achieved three discrete field-of-view states with 2° separation.
- Successful multistate control of field of view and resolution was achieved without mechanical components.
Conclusions:
- Reconfigurable metasurfaces enable dynamic control of optical functionalities.
- Liquid crystal integration provides a pathway for tunable metasurface performance.
- These advancements pave the way for next-generation adaptive optical systems.
