Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 2, 0211028(2024)

Advances in Microscopic Imaging with Metalenses: Design, Fabrication, and Applications (Invited)

Chao Yan1, Siyi Hu2、*, and Bobo Gu1、**
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  • 1Med -X Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200030, China
  • 2Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, Jiangsu , China
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    Metalens, a two-dimensional metasurface structure, has attracted widespread attention in the last decade. Compared with conventional optical lenses, metalenses are featured with ultra-thinness and ultra-lightness, as well as multifunctional design and modulation capabilities. Thus, they play an indispensable role in promoting the development of optical systems to miniaturization. In microscopic imaging technology, metalenses provide a multidimensional perspective, which demonstrates their great potential in innovation. In this paper, the recent progress of superlensing in microimaging technology is comprehensively reviewed. First, the wavefront modulation principle of metalens is elaborately explained and the design method of metalens is summarized. Second, the main fabrication techniques of metalens are introduced. Finally, the applications and research progress of metalens in microscopic imaging technologies are insightfully reviewed, such as light-sheet fluorescence microscopy, two-photon fluorescence microscopy, and endoscopy.

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    Chao Yan, Siyi Hu, Bobo Gu. Advances in Microscopic Imaging with Metalenses: Design, Fabrication, and Applications (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(2): 0211028

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Oct. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 6, 2024

    The Author Email: Hu Siyi (bobogu@sjtu.edu.cn), Gu Bobo (husiyi@sibet.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232584

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