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The road to atomically thin metasurface optics
- Source :
- Nanophotonics, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 643-654 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020.
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Abstract
- The development of flat optics has taken the world by storm. The initial mission was to try and replace conventional optical elements by thinner, lightweight equivalents. However, while developing this technology and learning about its strengths and limitations, researchers have identified a myriad of exciting new opportunities. It is therefore a great moment to explore where flat optics can really make a difference and what materials and building blocks are needed to make further progress. Building on its strengths, flat optics is bound to impact computational imaging, active wavefront manipulation, ultrafast spatiotemporal control of light, quantum communications, thermal emission management, novel display technologies, and sensing. In parallel with the development of flat optics, we have witnessed an incredible progress in the large-area synthesis and physical understanding of atomically thin, two-dimensional (2D) quantum materials. Given that these materials bring a wealth of unique physical properties and feature the same dimensionality as planar optical elements, they appear to have exactly what it takes to develop the next generation of high-performance flat optics.
- Subjects :
- Computer science
QC1-999
02 engineering and technology
Quantum channel
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Optics
Planar
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Quantum
Wavefront
business.industry
2d materials
Physics
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
metasurfaces
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
0104 chemical sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Moment (physics)
Development (differential geometry)
0210 nano-technology
business
flat optics
Ultrashort pulse
Biotechnology
Curse of dimensionality
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21928614 and 21928606
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nanophotonics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3d7a523429af55b7b0577e21b8dacf4c