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Broadband sub-diffraction focusing of oblique radially polarized wave by a high-numerical-aperture metalens

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Lenses with sub-diffraction focusing are extensively used in advanced optical imaging and microscope. Due to the longitudinal electric component, the radially polarized beam could offer sub-diffraction focusing by high-numerical-aperture (NA) lenses. However, slightly oblique incidence light could pose serious off-axis aberrations for high-NA metalens. Here, we demonstrate that a high NA (0.97) metalens design approach can simultaneously provide sub-diffraction focusing for oblique incidence and broadband operation. Simulation results demonstrate that the metalens with an aperture stop, R stop, of 7 μm have the operating angle range of [–15°, +15°] for sub-wavelength focusing. For the case of R stop = 9 μm, sub-diffraction focusing is realized in the oblique angle range at ±6°. Significantly, the metalens is able to realize a sub-diffraction focusing over the wavelength range 600–750 nm. These types of metalens have the important advantages of sub-diffraction focusing and broadband operation. They are also ultra-thin and easy to integrate, allowing such metalens could be used in miniaturized and integrated optical systems.

Source: Physica Scripta

DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ace6e0