In this talk, I give a brief overview of the evolution of metasurfaces. By appropriately adjusting the size, orientation, geometry and arrangement of subwavelength building-blocks (SBB) of metasurfaces, one can control/change the basic properties of incident light at will. The tremendous freedom of choice and orientations for SBBs open up new physics and lead to unprecedented functionalities such as dispersion engineering and polarization control capability. Owing to these unique features, metasurfaces have a potential to complement or even replace their conventional diffractive/refractive counterparts. Also, metasurfaces straightforward fabrication makes them an attractive platform for emerging technologies ranging from AR/MR/VR to LiDAR.
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