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Design, fabrication, and test of bi-functional metalenses for the spin-dependent OAM shift of optical vortices

Authors :
Andrea Vogliardi
Daniele Bonaldo
Simone Dal Zilio
Filippo Romanato
Gianluca Ruffato
Source :
Frontiers in Physics, Vol 12 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.

Abstract

The ability to encode different operations into a single miniaturized optical device is required to reduce the complexity and size of optical paths for light manipulation, which usually employs dynamic optical components, interferometric setups, and/or multiple bulky elements in cascade. A very efficient solution is provided by metalenses, which are flat optical elements able to generate and manipulate structured light beams in a compact and efficient way, offering a powerful and attractive tool in many fields, such as life science and telecommunications. In this work, we present the design and test of transmission dielectric bi-functional metalenses that exploit both the dynamic and the geometric phases, to enable the spin-controlled manipulation of different focused orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams, depending on the circularly polarized state in input. In detail, we provide numerical algorithms for the design and simulation of the meta-optics in the telecom infrared, the fabrication processes, and the optical characterization under different impinging polarized optical vortices. This solution provides new integrated flat optics for applications in imaging, optical tweezing and trapping, optical computation, and high-capacity telecommunication and encryption.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2296424X
Volume :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Frontiers in Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.58d08175c3234f6ab972389147c45501
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2024.1381156