Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 9, 20201030(2020)

Large field-of-view and compact full-Stokes polarimetry based on quadratic phase metasurface

Yaxin Zhang1,2, Mingbo Pu1,2, Yinghui Guo1,2, Jinjin Jin1, Xiong Li1,2, Xiaoliang Ma1,2, and Xiangang Luo1,2、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 2School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Polarization is one of the inherent characteristics of light, but the polarization information of electromagnetic waves is lost by traditional intensity and spectral detection technology. At the same time, not only the devices and technologies based on polarimetry have the problem of limited field of view, but also the measuring systems are complicated. In this paper, a compact large field-of-view polarimeter was designed based on dielectric metasurface, which realized the detection of the angle and polarization state of the incident light. The device was composed of 2×2 quadratic phase metasurfaces, each of which realized the symmetry transformation for a specific polarization, that is, the rotational symmetry of the incident angle was converted into the translational symmetry of focus in the focal plane. The theory of the symmetry transformation of the quadratic phase made it possible to characterize the angle of incidence by measuring the offset of the focus over a wide angle range (-40°—+40°). On this basis, the influence of oblique incidence on the measurement of Stokes parameters was elaborated, and the modified Stokes formula was obtained. The Stokes parameters of the incident light can be calculated by utilizing the intensities of the four focal points and the modified Stokes formula. The measured Stokes parameters agree well with the theoretical values, when the field-of-view is 0°, 20°, and 40°.

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    Yaxin Zhang, Mingbo Pu, Yinghui Guo, Jinjin Jin, Xiong Li, Xiaoliang Ma, Xiangang Luo. Large field-of-view and compact full-Stokes polarimetry based on quadratic phase metasurface[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(9): 20201030

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special issue-Metasurface empowered manipulation of wavefront

    Received: Jun. 18, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 4, 2021

    The Author Email: Luo Xiangang (Email:lxg@ioe.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20201030

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