• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 3, 308 (2021)
Jiaran Qi*, Yongheng Mu, Shaozhi Wang, Zhiying Yin, and Jinghui Qiu
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Microwave Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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    Jiaran Qi, Yongheng Mu, Shaozhi Wang, Zhiying Yin, Jinghui Qiu. Birefringent transmissive metalens with an ultradeep depth of focus and high resolution[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(3): 308 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Depth of focus (DOF) and transverse resolution define the longitudinal range and definition of the focusing lens. Although metasurface axilenses and light-sword metalenses with radial and angular modulations can elongate the DOF, these approaches have inherent limitations in being reliable only for small numerical aperture (NA) cases, which in turn compromises the transverse resolution for the given aperture dimension. To conquer this limitation, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a birefringent metalens, achieving an ultradeep DOF of 41λ in terms of the total scattered field, corresponding to a record-breaking wide NA range from 0.14 to 0.7. Meanwhile, the diffraction limited focal spot size in this NA range can guarantee acquisition of images with high resolution. A hybrid methodology is proposed that utilizes both the accuracy of holography in electromagnetic field reconstruction and the polarization multiplexing to double the DOF. A stratified transmissive meta-atom is utilized to encode a pair of independent phase profiles in two orthogonal polarization channels. Furthermore, we combine the generalized scattering matrix with the multipole expansion theory for the first time to elucidate the mechanism of maintaining high transmittance and widening the transmission phase coverage by using the multilayered structure. The proposed metalens provides a competitive platform for devising high-resolution deep DOF systems for imaging and detection applications.
    S11=S22=Γ(1ej2βLd)1Γ2ej2βLd,S12=S21=(1Γ2)ejβLd1Γ2ej2βLd,

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    S11=sin(S21)ej(S21±π2),S21=cos(S21)ej(S21).

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    σext=πk2l=1m=1,1(2l+1)Re[maE(l,m)+aM(l,m)],

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    ϕn=arg(m=1MejkrmnrmnwmVm|Vm|),

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    wmi=wmi1(|Vmi1||Vmi1|)p,

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    ϕni=arg(m=1MejkrmnrmnwmiVmi1|Vmi1|).

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    SSE=(|Vm|Vm)2|Vm|2.

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    ϕx,y=ϕx,y+2π[f02+(x2+y2)f0]/λ,

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    [EoutxEouty]=[S11S12S21S22][EinxEiny].(A1)

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    S11S21=±π2.(A2)

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    S21=1+S11.(A3)

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    |S11|=±sin(S21),(A4)

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    |S21|=cos(S21).(A5)

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    S11=S22=sin(S21)ej(S21±π2),(A6)

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    S12=S21=cos(S21)ej(S21).(A7)

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    S11=S22=Γ(1ej2βLd)1Γ2ej2βLd,(A8)

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    S12=S21=(1Γ2)ejβLd1Γ2ej2βLd,(A9)

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    Γ=1εr1+εr,(A10)

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    β=2πεrλ0.(A11)

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    E(r,θ,ϕ)=E0l=1m=1lil[π(2l+1)]1/2XHlm,(A12)

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    XHlm=1kaE(l,m)×Xhlm+aM(l,m)Xhlm,(A13)

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    Xhlm=hl(1)(kr)Xlm(θ,ϕ),(A14)

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    aE(l,m)=(i)l1k2ηOlmE0[π(2l+1)]1/2eimφ[J(r)E1+J(r)E2]d3r,(A15)

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    aM(l,m)=(i)l1k2ηOlmE0[π(2l+1)]1/2eimφ[J(r)M1+J(r)M2]d3r,(A16)

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    J(r)E1=[ψl(kr)+ψl(kr)]Plm(cosθ)r^·J(r),(A17)

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    J(r)E2=ψl(kr)kr[τlm(θ)θ^·J(r)iπlm(θ)φ^·J(r)],(A18)

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    J(r)M1=jl(kr)[iπlm(θ)θ^·J(r)],(A19)

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    J(r)M2=jl(kr)[τlm(θ)φ^·J(r)],(A20)

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    J(r)=iω[ε(r)εh]E(r),(A21)

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    Olm=1l(l+1)1/2[2l+14π(lm)!(l+m)!]1/2,(A22)

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    τlm(θ)=ddθPlm(cosθ),(A23)

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    πlm(θ)=msinθPlm(cosθ),(A24)

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    σext=πk2l=1m=1,1(2l+1)Re[maE(l,m)+aM(l,m)].(A25)

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    Jiaran Qi, Yongheng Mu, Shaozhi Wang, Zhiying Yin, Jinghui Qiu. Birefringent transmissive metalens with an ultradeep depth of focus and high resolution[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(3): 308
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