Composite phase-based metasurfaces for the generation of spin-decoupling orbital angular momentum single-photon sources

Hongxin Huang; Xiaodi Liu; Yongle Zhou; He Li; Juntao Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.542666

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 442(2025)

Composite phase-based metasurfaces for the generation of spin-decoupling orbital angular momentum single-photon sources

Hongxin Huang¹, Xiaodi Liu¹, Yongle Zhou¹, He Li^1,3, and Juntao Li^1,2、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

²Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Science and Technology Park, Shenzhen 518045, China

³e-mail: lihe36@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics

Received: Sep. 20, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 3, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Juntao Li (lijt3@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.542666

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.542666

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