Broadband generation of perfect Poincaré beams via dielectric spin-multiplexed metasurface

Mingze Liu; Pengcheng Huo; Wenqi Zhu; Cheng Zhang; Si Zhang; Maowen Song; Song Zhang; Qianwei Zhou; Lu Chen; Henri J. Lezec; Amit Agrawal; Yanqing Lu; Ting Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22462-z

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Broadband generation of perfect Poincaré beams via dielectric spin-multiplexed metasurface

Mingze Liu,
Pengcheng Huo,
Wenqi Zhu,
Cheng Zhang,
Si Zhang,
Maowen Song,
Song Zhang,
Qianwei Zhou,
Lu Chen,
Henri J. Lezec,
Amit Agrawal,
Yanqing Lu,
Ting Xu

Affiliations

Mingze Liu: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Pengcheng Huo: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Wenqi Zhu: Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cheng Zhang: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Si Zhang: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Maowen Song: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Song Zhang: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Qianwei Zhou: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Lu Chen: Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Henri J. Lezec: Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Amit Agrawal: Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Yanqing Lu: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
Ting Xu: National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22462-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Well-controlled Poincaré beams are potentially useful in optical communications applications. Here, the authors present phase-only metasurfaces that generate broadband, perfect Poincaré beams in the visible, with radius independent of the topological number.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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