Nanomaterials (Feb 2020)

All-Dielectric Meta-Surface for Multispectral Photography by Theta Modulation

  • Meng Xiang,
  • Dengfeng Kuang,
  • Weichao Kong,
  • Zengxin Huang,
  • Panchun Gu,
  • Wenshuang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020369
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
p. 369

Abstract

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The traditional theta modulator encodes input information by superimposing Ronchi sub-gratings, which is extremely easy to cause spatial channel overlap that results in bands mixing. In this case, we present an all-dielectric theta modulation meta-surface with a new encoding method, which separates red, green, blue, and achromatic spatial channels on the focal plane. The meta-surface ensures that the positions of focal points are relatively consistent while focusing energy into the sub-wavelength regions. Our study offers a way to facilitate device miniaturization and system integration, which may have an important application in compact multispectral photography only with one detector.

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