A Gaussian reflective metasurface for advanced wavefront manipulation
Journal article, 2019

Metasurfaces enable us to control the fundamental properties of light with unprecedented flexibility. However, most metasurfaces realized to date aim at modifying plane waves. While the manipulation of nonplanar wavefronts is encountered in a diverse number of applications, their control using metasurfaces is still in its infancy. Here we design a metareflector able to reflect a diverging Gaussian beam back onto itself with efficiency over 90% and focusing at an arbitrary distance. We outline a clear route towards the design of complex metareflectors that can find applications as diverse as optical tweezing, lasing, and quantum optics.

Author

Jade Martinez Llinas

Chalmers, Physics, Bionanophotonics

Henry Clément

Chalmers, Physics, Condensed Matter Theory

Polytechnic University of Turin

Daniel Andrén

Chalmers, Physics, Bionanophotonics

Ruggero Verre

Chalmers, Physics, Bionanophotonics

Mikael Käll

Chalmers, Physics, Bionanophotonics

Philippe Tassin

Chalmers, Physics, Condensed Matter Theory

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 27 15 21069-21082

Subject Categories

Computer Engineering

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

DOI

10.1364/OE.27.021069

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11/7/2019