High-efficiency focusing metalens based on metagrating arrays

Jia Shi; Guanlong Wang; Longhuang Tang; Xiang Wang; Shaona Wang; Cuijuan Guo; Hua Bai; Pingjuan Niu; Jianquan Yao; Jidong Weng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.542798

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 351(2025)

High-efficiency focusing metalens based on metagrating arrays

Jia Shi^1,2、*, Guanlong Wang¹, Longhuang Tang^3,4, Xiang Wang³, Shaona Wang¹, Cuijuan Guo¹, Hua Bai¹, Pingjuan Niu¹, Jianquan Yao², and Jidong Weng³

Author Affiliations

¹Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and System, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China

²Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

³Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China

⁴e-mail: tanglonghuang@tju.edu.cn

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Received: Sep. 20, 2024

Accepted: Nov. 13, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 16, 2025

The Author Email: Jia Shi (shijia@tiangong.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.542798

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