Space plates and space optics for advanced imaging systems

I will discuss the design and implementation of space plates and space optics, which are space plates with position-dependent responses. I will show how new variants in gradient-based topology optimization can yield space plates with enhanced compression factors, sizes, and efficiencies compared to conventional designs. I will also show how space plates and space optics can be co-designed with refractive optical systems to yield imaging systems with new capabilities and form factors. These concepts showcase the emergent capabilities of multi-scalar optical systems that combine the synergistic properties of macroscopic and subwavelength-scale structured media.