Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 23, 2300004(2022)

Research Progress of Detecting Orbital Angular Momentum States of Photons Through Metasurfaces

Wenri Qian** and Yongmei Zhang*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, Jiangsu, China
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    Principle of multiple OAM-beam detection through single metasurface. (a) Detection principle; (b) far-field focus pattern obtained by simulation[70]
    Working principle of metasurfaces. (a) Working principle; (b)-(f) intensity distribution on the focal plane when topological charges are 0, 1, -1, 2, and -2, respectively[71]
    Diffracted beam. (a) Diffracted beams with different topological charges; (b)-(g) interference patterns with 1, -1, 2, -2, 3 and -3 topological charges, respectively[72]
    Schematic diagram of the spin decoupling metasurface[73]
    Structure of v-type gold plasmonic metasurface. (a) Schematic diagram of metasurface self-interference; (b) schematic diagram of metasurface design[75]
    Simulation results of the plasmonic metasurface. (a) Interferograms generated by beams with different OAM; (b) relationship between internal point spacing and topological charge at different z values; (c) relationship between internal point spacing and topological charge at different R0[75]
    Structure of an aluminum metasurface. (a) Unit cell of nanoslit antenna; (b) homogeneous nanoslit array [77]
    Structure of ultrathin metasurfaces. (a) Spatial arrangement of nanoantennas on the metasurface; (b) SEM image of the metasurface; (c) SEM image of a single L-shaped nanoantenna[78]
    Experimental results. (a) Experimental procedure; (b) intensity cross section of transmitted light; (c) interference pattern of output beam of left circularly polarized light and spherical wave; (d) interference pattern of output beam of right circularly polarized light and spherical wave[78]
    Bifunctional reflective metasurface based on helicity. (a) LCP incidence; (b) RCP incidence[79]
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    Paper Information

    Category: Reviews

    Received: Sep. 24, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 28, 2022

    The Author Email: Wenri Qian (qwrkfc@163.com), Yongmei Zhang (zymzym@nuaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.2300004

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