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Three-dimensional optical holography using a plasmonic metasurface

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  • Lingling Huang

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
    State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University)

  • Xianzhong Chen

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

  • Holger Mühlenbernd

    (University of Paderborn)

  • Hao Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University)

  • Shumei Chen

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
    Hong Kong Baptist University)

  • Benfeng Bai

    (State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University)

  • Qiaofeng Tan

    (State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University)

  • Guofan Jin

    (State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University)

  • Kok-Wai Cheah

    (Hong Kong Baptist University)

  • Cheng-Wei Qiu

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Jensen Li

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

  • Thomas Zentgraf

    (University of Paderborn)

  • Shuang Zhang

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

Abstract

Benefitting from the flexibility in engineering their optical response, metamaterials have been used to achieve control over the propagation of light to an unprecedented level, leading to highly unconventional and versatile optical functionalities compared with their natural counterparts. Recently, the emerging field of metasurfaces, which consist of a monolayer of photonic artificial atoms, has offered attractive functionalities for shaping wave fronts of light by introducing an abrupt interfacial phase discontinuity. Here we realize three-dimensional holography by using metasurfaces made of subwavelength metallic nanorods with spatially varying orientations. The phase discontinuity takes place when the helicity of incident circularly polarized light is reversed. As the phase can be continuously controlled in each subwavelength unit cell by the rod orientation, metasurfaces represent a new route towards high-resolution on-axis three-dimensional holograms with a wide field of view. In addition, the undesired effect of multiple diffraction orders usually accompanying holography is eliminated.

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  • Lingling Huang & Xianzhong Chen & Holger Mühlenbernd & Hao Zhang & Shumei Chen & Benfeng Bai & Qiaofeng Tan & Guofan Jin & Kok-Wai Cheah & Cheng-Wei Qiu & Jensen Li & Thomas Zentgraf & Shuang Zhang, 2013. "Three-dimensional optical holography using a plasmonic metasurface," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3808
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3808
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    2. Xiaoli Jing & Ruizhe Zhao & Xin Li & Qiang Jiang & Chengzhi Li & Guangzhou Geng & Junjie Li & Yongtian Wang & Lingling Huang, 2022. "Single-shot 3D imaging with point cloud projection based on metadevice," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
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