• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 4, 886 (2022)
Fen Zhao1、†, Ziping Li2、†, Sheng Li1, Xuemei Dai1, Yi Zhou1, Xiaoyu Liao2, J. C. Cao2, Gaofeng Liang1, Zhengguo Shang1, Zhihai Zhang1, Zhongquan Wen1、*, Hua Li2、3, and Gang Chen1、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid State Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 3e-mail: hua.li@mail.sim.ac.cn
  • 4e-mail: gchen1@cqu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.439481 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fen Zhao, Ziping Li, Sheng Li, Xuemei Dai, Yi Zhou, Xiaoyu Liao, J. C. Cao, Gaofeng Liang, Zhengguo Shang, Zhihai Zhang, Zhongquan Wen, Hua Li, Gang Chen. Terahertz metalens of hyper-dispersion[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): 886 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Chromatic optical lenses have promising applications in three-dimensional imaging, which allows fast spectral tomography without mechanical moving parts. The scanning range of current chromatic optical lenses is limited by their dispersion ability. The recent development in metasurfaces provides ideal blocks for optical wavefront manipulation and dispersion engineering of artificial materials at sub-wavelength scales. Hyper-dispersive metalenses can be realized by utilizing dispersive meta-atoms, which have enhanced dispersion compared to regular diffractive lenses. This is critical for increasing the imaging depth of fast spectral tomography. In this work, a hyper-dispersive metalens is realized with a chromatic dispersion 1.76 times greater than that of a regular diffractive metalens in the THz frequency range of 2.40–2.61 THz by simultaneously controlling the frequency-dependent phase, group delay (GD), and GD dispersion of the metalens. This approach can also be extended to other optical spectra and improve the performance of spectral tomography.
    φ(r,ω)=φ(r,ω0)+φ(r,ω)ω|ω=ω0(ωω0)+2φ(r,ω)2!ω2|ω=ω0(ωω0)2+O(ω3).

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    φ(r,ω)=[r2+f2(ω)f(ω)]ωc,

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    φ(r,ω)ω|ω=ω0=1c[r2+(Aω02)2+2A2ω04r2+(Aω02)23Aω02],

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    φ2(r,ω)ω2|ω=ω0=1cω0[10A2ω04(r2+A2ω04)1/24A4ω08(r2+A2ω04)3/26Aω02].

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    Fen Zhao, Ziping Li, Sheng Li, Xuemei Dai, Yi Zhou, Xiaoyu Liao, J. C. Cao, Gaofeng Liang, Zhengguo Shang, Zhihai Zhang, Zhongquan Wen, Hua Li, Gang Chen. Terahertz metalens of hyper-dispersion[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): 886
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