Light-emitting metalenses and meta-axicons for focusing and beaming of spontaneous emission

Yahya Mohtashami; Ryan A. DeCrescent; Larry K. Heki; Prasad P. Iyer; Nikita A. Butakov; Matthew S. Wong; Abdullah Alhassan; William J. Mitchell; Shuji Nakamura; Steven P. DenBaars; Jon. A. Schuller

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23433-0

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Light-emitting metalenses and meta-axicons for focusing and beaming of spontaneous emission

Yahya Mohtashami,
Ryan A. DeCrescent,
Larry K. Heki,
Prasad P. Iyer,
Nikita A. Butakov,
Matthew S. Wong,
Abdullah Alhassan,
William J. Mitchell,
Shuji Nakamura,
Steven P. DenBaars,
Jon. A. Schuller

Affiliations

Yahya Mohtashami: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Ryan A. DeCrescent: Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara
Larry K. Heki: Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara
Prasad P. Iyer: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Nikita A. Butakov: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Matthew S. Wong: Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara
Abdullah Alhassan: Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara
William J. Mitchell: Nanofabrication Facility, University of California Santa Barbara
Shuji Nakamura: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Steven P. DenBaars: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Jon. A. Schuller: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23433-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Controlling radiation emission using metamaterials is of interest for light sources and other applications. Here, the authors develop generalized phased-array metasurface equations and design metasurface axicons and lenses to collimate and focus the spontaneous emission, respectively.

Published in Nature Communications

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