• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 3, 514 (2024)
Chenglong Zheng1, Hui Li2, Jingyu Liu3, Mengguang Wang4, Huaping Zang1、5、*, Yan Zhang3、6、*, and Jianquan Yao2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 3Beijing Key Laboratory for Metamaterials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics, Ministry of Education, and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 5e-mail: zanghuaping@zzu.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: yzhang@mail.cnu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.512204 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chenglong Zheng, Hui Li, Jingyu Liu, Mengguang Wang, Huaping Zang, Yan Zhang, Jianquan Yao. Full-Stokes metasurface polarimetry requiring only a single measurement[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 514 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Polarization is crucial in various fields such as imaging, sensing, and substance detection. A compact, fast, and accurate polarization detection device is vital for these applications. Herein, we demonstrate a multifocus metalens for terahertz polarization detection that requires only a single measurement to obtain complete polarization parameters and reconstruct the polarization state of the incident field. The individual subarrays of this metalens convert each of the six polarized components into the same polarization, which in turn links the Stokes parameters to these six foci. The incident linear polarizations and elliptical polarizations are characterized by Stokes parameters and polarization ellipses. Simulations and experimental results show that the scheme can accurately detect the incident polarization with a single measurement. The proposed metasurface polarimetry may find applications in the fields of real-time terahertz detection and integrated optics.
    φxx=2πλ(r2+f2f),φyy=2πλ(r2+f2f),

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    J1=[0110].

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    J2=12[1111].

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    J3=12[1111].

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    J4=[cosπ4sinπ4sinπ4cosπ4][100i][cosπ4sinπ4sinπ4cosπ4]=12[1+ii1i11+i].

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    J5=12[1+i1i1i1+i].

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    S1=IxIy=IIIII,S2=I45°I135°=IIIIIIV,S3=IRCPILCP=IVIIV.

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    Δ=(|S1S1|+|S2S2|+|S3S3|)/3.

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    T1=J1[cosαsinαeiδ]=[0110][cosαsinαeiδ]=[sinαeiδcosα].(B1)

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    T2=J2[cosαsinαeiδ]=12[1111][cosαsinαeiδ]=12[cosα+sinαeiδcosαsinαeiδ]=12{(cosα+sinαeiδ)[10]+(cosαsinαeiδ)[01]}.(B2)

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    T3=J3[cosαsinαeiδ]=12[1111][cosαsinαeiδ]=12[cosαsinαeiδcosαsinαeiδ]=12{(cosαsinαeiδ)[10]+(cosαsinαeiδ)[01]}.(B3)

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    T4=J4×12[1i]=122[1+ii1i11+i][1i]=eiπ/4[10],T5=J4×12[1i]=122[1+ii1i11+i][1i]=ei3π/4[01].(B4)

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    Chenglong Zheng, Hui Li, Jingyu Liu, Mengguang Wang, Huaping Zang, Yan Zhang, Jianquan Yao. Full-Stokes metasurface polarimetry requiring only a single measurement[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 514
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