Recent advances in metasurface lenses (metalenses) have shown great potential for opening a new era in compact imaging, photography, light detection, and ranging (LiDAR) and virtual reality/augmented reality applications. However, the fundamental trade-off between broadband focusing efficiency and operating bandwidth limits the performance of broadband metalenses, resulting in chromatic aberration, angular aberration, and a relatively low efficiency. A deep-learning-based image restoration framework is proposed to overcome these limitations and realize end-to-end metalens imaging, thereby achieving aberration-free full-color imaging for mass-produced metalenses with 10 mm diameter. Neural-network-assisted metalens imaging achieved a high resolution comparable to that of the ground truth image.
In our study, we introduce wavelength-multiplexed orbital angular momentum meta-holography, aiming to expand holographic information channels by leveraging light's wavelength and orbital angular momentum (OAM). We selectively employed red, green, and blue as primary colors, and incorporated four unique OAM channels (-2, -1, 1, and 2). Through the utilization of a metasurface comprising three distinct types of wavelength-selective meta-atoms, we successfully encoded the twelve holographic images onto a single metasurface. This advancement holds significant potential for applications in various fields, providing opportunities for advanced holography and augmented reality systems.
In this presentation, I will present the findings of a compact depth sensing system for LiDAR that is based on a metasurface. I will explain the underlying design concept of this metasurface, which utilizes structured light to expand the range of view angles for point cloud generation. Two separate cameras, capture the generated point cloud, and depth information is calculated using the stereo-matching method. Additionally, I will propose electrically adjustable metalens that can be easily incorporated into AR/VR systems and electronic systems. These metaphotonic devices offer potential applications in diverse fields such as mobile sensors, biometric security systems, autonomous driving, metaverse, and driver assistance.
Augmented reality glasses have been considered a promising candidate for next-generation mobile hardware platforms. However, the bulky form factor and high-power consumption of their display systems using conventional optical components hinder the commercialization of augmented reality glasses. In this work, we demonstrate metasurface-based waveguide as an image combiner having high efficiency and large field of view. To design the metasurface-based waveguide consists of metasurface grating we propose an inverse design method based on gradient-descent optimization. In addition, our design method exploiting high degrees of freedom in meta-atom design can precisely control wave propagation through waveguides, enabling two-dimensional pupil expansion. As proof of concept, we fabricated metasurface-based waveguide providing a high efficiency of 500nit/lm and a large field of view of 50 degrees. We expect that the proposed metasurface-based waveguide opens up a new route for the development of augmented reality display systems with glass-like form factors suitable for daily wear.
Plasmonic resonance energy transfer (PRET) based imaging has been proposed as an effective label-free real-time biomolecular absorption spectroscopic method that enables the detection of biomolecules and dynamic cell activities. Here, we present a metasurface-based PRET-imaging platform that effectively engineers the darkfield scattering spectrum using the gap plasmon and grating effect. As a demonstration, three different biomolecules (Cyt c, Chl a, Chl b) are simultaneously detected using our metasurface-based PRET-imaging platform. Our proposed metasurface-based PRET-imaging platform enables continuous monitoring in the spatial region and multiplexed PRET sensing of multiple biomolecules with different absorption spectrums in the visible.
Tunable optical devices powered by metasurfaces provide a new path for functional planar optics. Lenses with tunable focal lengths could play a key role in various fields with applications in imaging, displays, and augmented and virtual reality devices. Here, we present a method for computationally designing an RGB-achromatic bifocal metalens and experimentally realize it through a scalable one-step nanoimprinting technique using a TiO2 nanoparticle embedded resin combined with an electrically tunable liquid crystal cell.
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