Ultrathin high-index metasurfaces for shaping focused beams

作者:Naserpour Mahin; Zapata Rodriguez Carlos J; Diaz Avino Carlos; Hashemi Mahdieh; Miret Juan J
来源:Applied Optics, 2015, 54(25): 7586-7591.
DOI:10.1364/AO.54.007586

摘要

The volume size of a converging wave, which plays a relevant role in image resolution, is governed by the wavelength of the radiation and the numerical aperture (NA) of the wavefront. We designed an ultrathin (lambda/8 width) curved metasurface that is able to transform a focused field into a high-NA optical architecture, thus boosting the transverse and (mainly) on-axis resolution. The elements of the metasurface are metal-insulator subwavelength gratings exhibiting extreme anisotropy with ultrahigh index of refraction for TM polarization. Our results can be applied to nanolithography and optical microscopy.

  • 出版日期2015-9-1