Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume. 7, Issue 5, 230126(2024)

Broadband high-efficiency dielectric metalenses based on quasi-continuous nanostrips

Xiaohu Zhang1,†...*, Qinmiao Chen2,†, Dongliang Tang3, Kaifeng Liu1, Haimo Zhang1, Lintong Shi1, Mengyao He1, Yongcai Guo1 and Shumin Xiao2,** |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of optoelectronic Technology and Systems of the Education Ministry of China, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • 2Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 3Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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    Schematic illustration of the broadband high-efficiency metalens composed of quasi-continuous nanostrips.
    (a) The structure and phase distribution of the designed metalens. The inset shown in the low panel is the phase distribution along the white dotted line. (b) The higher magnified image of the quasi-continuous metalens and the correlative scale bar is 3 μm. (c) SEM image of part of the fabricated metalens sample. scale bar: 3 μm.
    (a) Experimental setup for measuring the quasi-continuous metalens. Abbreviations for the optical components: LP, linear polarizer; QWP, quarter waveplate; CCD, charge coupled device. (b) Measured cross-polarized intensity distributions along the propagation direction at the wavelength of 632.8 nm. The up and down panels correspond to x-z plane and y-z plane, respectively. (c–i) The intensity profiles on the focal plane for different wavelengths incidence. The position of the focal plane and the incident wavelengths have been marked. The curves on the upper and right sides depict the intensity distributions along x-axis and y-axis, respectively. All intensities have been normalized.
    (a) The phase distribution and the designed quasi-continuous structure of the superoscillatory lens. (b) The lens phase profile (up panel) and binary super-oscillation phase (down panel) along the radial direction. π-phase-jump at positions r1=0.175R, r2=0.406R and r3=0.645R. (c) The SEM image of the fabricated superoscillatory lens. (d) The measured cross-polarized intensity distributions along z-axis at the wavelength of 632.8 nm. (e–k) The intensity distributions on the focus plane for different wavelengths incidence. The curves on the upper and right sides represent the intensity distributions along x-axis and y-axis, respectively. The incident wavelengths and the measured focus plane are labelled in the figures.
    The power efficiency in the simulation and experiments. The simulated results for P (period) [the distance between adjacent nanostrips] changing from 160 nm to 300 nm are shown in the blue region. The red diamonds and the black squares are the experimental efficiencies for metalens and superoscillatory lens, respectively, which have been marked in the figure.
    • Table 1. Some examples of the high-efficiency metalenses. “/” means no related data in the references. “S” and “E” in the forth/seventh column represent simulation and experiment results, respectively.

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      Table 1. Some examples of the high-efficiency metalenses. “/” means no related data in the references. “S” and “E” in the forth/seventh column represent simulation and experiment results, respectively.

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    Xiaohu Zhang, Qinmiao Chen, Dongliang Tang, Kaifeng Liu, Haimo Zhang, Lintong Shi, Mengyao He, Yongcai Guo, Shumin Xiao. Broadband high-efficiency dielectric metalenses based on quasi-continuous nanostrips[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2024, 7(5): 230126

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    Received: Jul. 27, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 9, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 14, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhang Xiaohu (XHZhang), Xiao Shumin (SMXiao)

    DOI:10.29026/oea.2024.230126

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