Dispersion-engineered Metasurface Doublet Design for Broadband and Wide-angle Operation in the Visible Range

Miniature optical planar camera based on a wide-angle metasurface doublet corrected for monochromatic aberrations

Optical metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of nano-scatterers that modify optical wavefronts at subwavelength spatial resolution. They are poised to revolutionize optics by enabling complex low-cost systems where multiple metasurfaces are lithographically stacked and integrated with electronics. For imaging applications, metasurface stacks can perform sophisticated image corrections and ca...

Broadband wide-angle dispersion measurements: instrumental setup, alignment, and pitfalls.

The construction, alignment, and performance of a setup for broadband wide-angle dispersion measurements, with emphasis on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements, are presented in comprehensive detail. In contrast with most SPR instruments working with a monochromatic source, this setup takes advantage of a broadband∕white light source and has full capability for automated angle vs. wavel...

Wide-angle, polarization-independent ultrathin broadband visible absorbers

Broadband and wide-angle RCS reduction using a 2-bit coding ultrathin metasurface at terahertz frequencies

A novel broadband and wide-angle 2-bit coding metasurface for radar cross section (RCS) reduction is proposed and characterized at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The ultrathin metasurface is composed of four digital elements based on a metallic double cross line structure. The reflection phase difference of neighboring elements is approximately 90° over a broadband THz frequency. The mechanism of...

Broadband and Wide Field-of-view Plasmonic Metasurface-enabled Waveplates

Quasi two-dimensional metasurfaces composed of subwavelength nanoresonator arrays can dramatically alter the properties of light in an ultra-thin planar geometry, enabling new optical functions such as anomalous reflection and refraction, polarization filtering, and wavefront modulation. However, previous metasurface-based nanostructures suffer from low efficiency, narrow bandwidth and/or limit...