Polarization-insensitive narrowband reflective wavefront manipulation through all-dielectric anisotropic subwavelength structures

Local metasurfaces provide high flexibility in shaping wavefronts but suffer from poor frequency selectivity. Here, we numerically present a reflective all-dielectric metasurface platform achieving simultaneous local phase control and spectral filtering: it reshapes the wavefront at a specific wavelength while spatially separating it from other wavelengths without requiring additional optics. The highly efficient phase control is inherently linked to the high polarization conversion ratio (PCR), ensured by a silicon nanoblock as a narrowband reflective half-wave plate through fundamental Mie resonances. The meta-atom exhibits near-unity peak reflection, a PCR reaching 0.97, and a quality factor around 20. By adjusting rotation angles, we disrupt the geometric phase conjugation, enabling polarization-insensitive applications, for example, a metalens with a high relative focusing efficiency (0.7) across the narrowband reflective spectrum. Our design exhibits high robustness against variations in the angle of incidence (up to 28<sup>°</sup>) and fabrication inaccuracies, allowing its implementation in various meta-applications.

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iScience
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2025-03-07
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112147
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Photonic and Optical Devices
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Polarization-insensitive narrowband reflective wavefront manipulation through all-dielectric anisotropic subwavelength structures

Yihang Chen, Yanxin Lu, Meiyan Pan, Jintao Wang
6 citations
iScience
Photonic and Optical Devices
4.38
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Polarization-insensitive narrowband reflective wavefront manipulation through all-dielectric anisotropic subwavelength structures

Yihang Chen, Yanxin Lu, Meiyan Pan, Jintao Wang
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6 citations

Abstract

Local metasurfaces provide high flexibility in shaping wavefronts but suffer from poor frequency selectivity. Here, we numerically present a reflective all-dielectric metasurface platform achieving simultaneous local phase control and spectral filtering: it reshapes the wavefront at a specific wavelength while spatially separating it from other wavelengths without requiring additional optics. The highly efficient phase control is inherently linked to the high polarization conversion ratio (PCR), ensured by a silicon nanoblock as a narrowband reflective half-wave plate through fundamental Mie resonances. The meta-atom exhibits near-unity peak reflection, a PCR reaching 0.97, and a quality factor around 20. By adjusting rotation angles, we disrupt the geometric phase conjugation, enabling polarization-insensitive applications, for example, a metalens with a high relative focusing efficiency (0.7) across the narrowband reflective spectrum. Our design exhibits high robustness against variations in the angle of incidence (up to 28<sup>°</sup>) and fabrication inaccuracies, allowing its implementation in various meta-applications.

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South China Normal University (CN), Ji Hua Laboratory (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province
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