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Metasurfaces have revolutionized the design principals of polarization optics by facilitating the precise tailoring of the dielectric tensor attributed to individual meta-atoms at the subwavelength scale. The past decade has seen significant theoretical and experimental progress with respect to exploiting the degrees of freedom within nanostructures, with metasurfaces’ capacity for polarization control approaching its upper limit. To date, researchers have successfully demonstrated the generation of optical fields exhibiting spatially-variant polarization distributions along the metasurface plane or in the far field, in addition to the development of multifunctional meta-devices exhibiting multiple polarization responses through polarization multiplexing. The emergence of metasurface polarization optics has led to the development of a variety of novel functional devices, including; ultra-compact near/far-field image displays, optical wireless broadcasting communication chips, and full Stokes polarization cameras, amongst others. The continued development of metasurfaces for on-demand polarization controls is expected to impact fields variety of fields such as optical communication, smart sensing, and optical information processing.
The Research Topic focuses on the use of metasurfaces for advanced polarization control. Metasurfaces allow for precise tailoring of the dielectric tensor at the subwavelength scale, which has led to the development of various functional devices, including ultra-compact displays, optical wireless communication chips, and polarization cameras. The topic aims to collate recent research on the fundamentals and applications of metasurfaces for polarization control, including multi-parameter light controls, vector beam generation, polarization multiplexing, and the integration of meta-holograms and nanoprinting. We aim to publish recent advances in metasurfaces capable of manipulating not only polarization but also other optical parameters such as amplitude and phase, as well as those able to generate optical fields exhibiting user-defined 2D polarization profiles/3D polarization distributions for practical applications such as super-resolution imaging and lithography. In addition to the discussion regarding the upper limit of the information channels enabled via metasurface-assisted polarization multiplexing, we seek to alleviate the current limitations and performance issues exhibited by polarization-multiplexed multifunctional devices, such as; inhibited design, low efficiency, crosstalk, and functional degradation.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions that report innovative strategies for the design of metasurfaces for on-demand polarization control, as well as related application-oriented research. Authors are encouraged to submit original research articles or reviews that provide novel insights, theories, and experimental results concerning polarization manipulation using metasurfaces. The scope of this Research Topic includes, but is not limited to, the following themes:
- Polarization manipulation utilizing 2D planar/multi-layer metasurfaces
- Vector beam generation
- Vectoral holograms
- Polarization detection
- Integration of meta-holograms and nanoprinting
- Multifunctional meta-lenses
- Polarization-sensitive metasurfaces for biosensing
- Polarization-sensitive metasurfaces for quantum information processing
The Research Topic focuses on the use of metasurfaces for advanced polarization control. Metasurfaces allow for precise tailoring of the dielectric tensor at the subwavelength scale, which has led to the development of various functional devices, including ultra-compact displays, optical wireless communication chips, and polarization cameras. The topic aims to collate recent research on the fundamentals and applications of metasurfaces for polarization control, including multi-parameter light controls, vector beam generation, polarization multiplexing, and the integration of meta-holograms and nanoprinting. We aim to publish recent advances in metasurfaces capable of manipulating not only polarization but also other optical parameters such as amplitude and phase, as well as those able to generate optical fields exhibiting user-defined 2D polarization profiles/3D polarization distributions for practical applications such as super-resolution imaging and lithography. In addition to the discussion regarding the upper limit of the information channels enabled via metasurface-assisted polarization multiplexing, we seek to alleviate the current limitations and performance issues exhibited by polarization-multiplexed multifunctional devices, such as; inhibited design, low efficiency, crosstalk, and functional degradation.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions that report innovative strategies for the design of metasurfaces for on-demand polarization control, as well as related application-oriented research. Authors are encouraged to submit original research articles or reviews that provide novel insights, theories, and experimental results concerning polarization manipulation using metasurfaces. The scope of this Research Topic includes, but is not limited to, the following themes:
- Polarization manipulation utilizing 2D planar/multi-layer metasurfaces
- Vector beam generation
- Vectoral holograms
- Polarization detection
- Integration of meta-holograms and nanoprinting
- Multifunctional meta-lenses
- Polarization-sensitive metasurfaces for biosensing
- Polarization-sensitive metasurfaces for quantum information processing
Keywords: Metasurface, Light manipulation, Polarization multiplexing, Multifunctionality, High integration
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