• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 6, 1501 (2022)
Yong Long1, Jianchao Zhang1, Zhihao Liu1, Weibin Feng1, Songming Guo1, Qian Sun1, Qinfei Wu1, Xiangyang Yu1, Jianying Zhou1、2, Emiliano R. Martins3, Haowen Liang1、2、4、*, and Juntao Li1、5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 2Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519080, China
  • 3São Carlos School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil
  • 4e-mail: lianghw26@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: lijt3@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.456638 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yong Long, Jianchao Zhang, Zhihao Liu, Weibin Feng, Songming Guo, Qian Sun, Qinfei Wu, Xiangyang Yu, Jianying Zhou, Emiliano R. Martins, Haowen Liang, Juntao Li. Metalens-based stereoscopic microscope[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(6): 1501 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Stereoscopic microscopy is a promising technology to obtain three-dimensional microscopic images. Such microscopes are based on the parallax effect, and as such require two lenses to focus at two different points. Geometrical constraints, however, restrict their numerical apertures to about 0.2, thus limiting the system’s resolution. Higher numerical apertures (0.35) can be achieved with designs using only one bulk lens, but such systems are 10 times more costly than the conventional ones. Thus, there is a pressing need for alternative solutions to improve the resolution of stereoscopic systems. Here, we show that high-resolution and low-cost stereoscopic systems can be obtained using birefringent single-layer metalenses. We design and fabricate a birefringent metalens operating at 532 nm with a numerical aperture as high as 0.4. The metalens is then used to demonstrate high-resolution stereoscopic imaging of biological samples. The microscopic images are further displayed and perceived vividly in an autostereoscopic display. Our demonstration paves the way to a new strategy to achieve high-resolution and low-cost stereoscopic microscopes.
    φlm(x,y)=2πλ0(scosθx2+y2+s2)+2π·nsubλ0[vcosθ(x+d)2+y2+v2],

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    φrm(x,y)=2πλ0(scosθx2+y2+s2)+2π·nsubλ0[vcosθ(xd)2+y2+v2],

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    Yong Long, Jianchao Zhang, Zhihao Liu, Weibin Feng, Songming Guo, Qian Sun, Qinfei Wu, Xiangyang Yu, Jianying Zhou, Emiliano R. Martins, Haowen Liang, Juntao Li. Metalens-based stereoscopic microscope[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(6): 1501
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