• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 5, 050006 (2018)
Jian Wang*
Author Affiliations
  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Jian Wang. Metasurfaces enabling structured light manipulation: advances and perspectives [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 050006 Copy Citation Text show less
    Multiple degrees of freedom of photons and typical structured light with shaped spatial structure.
    Fig. 1. Multiple degrees of freedom of photons and typical structured light with shaped spatial structure.
    Summary of structured light manipulation by different approaches.
    Fig. 2. Summary of structured light manipulation by different approaches.
    Advances of metasurfaces and a summary of different approaches of plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces.
    Fig. 3. Advances of metasurfaces and a summary of different approaches of plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces.
    Plasmonic metasurfaces enabling (a) OAM-carrying vector beam generation and (b) OAM multicasting. (a) Rectangular air aperture array in a gold film. (b) V-shaped gold antenna array on silicon.
    Fig. 4. Plasmonic metasurfaces enabling (a) OAM-carrying vector beam generation and (b) OAM multicasting. (a) Rectangular air aperture array in a gold film. (b) V-shaped gold antenna array on silicon.
    Reflection-enhanced plasmonic metasurface enabling phase/intensity helix generation.
    Fig. 5. Reflection-enhanced plasmonic metasurface enabling phase/intensity helix generation.
    Metasurface (rectangular aperture array) on a fiber facet (G.652 fiber).
    Fig. 6. Metasurface (rectangular aperture array) on a fiber facet (G.652 fiber).
    Metasurface (V-shaped antenna array) on a fiber facet (large-core fiber).
    Fig. 7. Metasurface (V-shaped antenna array) on a fiber facet (large-core fiber).
    Dielectric metasurface (silicon elliptical resonator array) on an SOI platform.
    Fig. 8. Dielectric metasurface (silicon elliptical resonator array) on an SOI platform.
    Twisted light (de)multiplexing data information transfer by dielectric metasurfaces.
    Fig. 9. Twisted light (de)multiplexing data information transfer by dielectric metasurfaces.
    Principle of optical vortex (OV) lattice generation using three-plane-wave interference.
    Fig. 10. Principle of optical vortex (OV) lattice generation using three-plane-wave interference.
    (a),(b) Concept and (c)–(f) simulation results of on-chip OV lattice emitter on a silicon platform.
    Fig. 11. (a),(b) Concept and (c)–(f) simulation results of on-chip OV lattice emitter on a silicon platform.
    Experimental results for on-chip OV lattice emitter on a silicon platform. (a) Setup. (b) Microscope image. (c) SEM images. (d) Near-field intensity profile. (e) Far-field intensity profile. (f) Far-field interferogram.
    Fig. 12. Experimental results for on-chip OV lattice emitter on a silicon platform. (a) Setup. (b) Microscope image. (c) SEM images. (d) Near-field intensity profile. (e) Far-field intensity profile. (f) Far-field interferogram.
    (a)–(d) Concept, (e) SEM image, and (f)–(k) measured results for chip-scale generation and synthesization of OAM modes on a silicon platform.
    Fig. 13. (a)–(d) Concept, (e) SEM image, and (f)–(k) measured results for chip-scale generation and synthesization of OAM modes on a silicon platform.
    Trends, challenges, perspectives, and opportunities of robust structured light manipulation using dynamic metasurfaces (from static to dynamic, from passive to active).
    Fig. 14. Trends, challenges, perspectives, and opportunities of robust structured light manipulation using dynamic metasurfaces (from static to dynamic, from passive to active).
    Jian Wang. Metasurfaces enabling structured light manipulation: advances and perspectives [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 050006
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