• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 10, 1613 (2020)
Luocheng Huang1,†, James Whitehead1,†, Shane Colburn1, and Arka Majumdar1,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.396839 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Luocheng Huang, James Whitehead, Shane Colburn, Arka Majumdar, "Design and analysis of extended depth of focus metalenses for achromatic computational imaging," Photonics Res. 8, 1613 (2020) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Metasurface optics have demonstrated vast potential for implementing traditional optical components in an ultracompact and lightweight form factor. Metasurfaces, however, suffer from severe chromatic aberrations, posing serious limitations on their practical use. Existing approaches for circumventing this involving dispersion engineering are limited to small apertures and often entail multiple scatterers per unit cell with small feature sizes. Here, we present an alternative technique to mitigate chromatic aberration and demonstrate high-quality, full-color imaging using extended depth of focus (EDOF) metalenses and computational reconstruction. Previous EDOF metalenses have relied on cubic phase masks, where the image quality suffers from asymmetric artefacts. Here we demonstrate the use of rotationally symmetric masks, including logarithmic-aspherical, and shifted axicon masks, to mitigate this problem. Our work will inspire further development in achromatic metalenses beyond dispersion engineering and hybrid optical–digital metasurface systems.
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    Luocheng Huang, James Whitehead, Shane Colburn, Arka Majumdar, "Design and analysis of extended depth of focus metalenses for achromatic computational imaging," Photonics Res. 8, 1613 (2020)
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