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Zhang JC, Chen MK, Fan YB et al. Miniature tunable Airy beam optical meta-device. Opto-Electron Adv 7, 230171 (2024). doi: 10.29026/oea.2024.230171
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Abstract
Tunable Airy beams with controllable propagation trajectories have sparked interest in various fields, such as optical manipulation and laser fabrication. Existing research approaches encounter challenges related to insufficient compactness and integration feasibility, or they require enhanced tunability to enable real-time dynamic manipulation of the propagation trajectory. In this work, we present a novel method that utilizes a dual metasurface system to surpass these limitations, significantly enhancing the practical potential of the Airy beam. Our approach involves encoding a cubic phase profile and two off-axis Fresnel lens phase profiles across the two metasurfaces. The validity of the proposed strategy has been confirmed through simulation and experimental results. The proposed meta-device addresses the existing limitations and lays the foundation for broadening the applicability of Airy beams across diverse domains, encompassing light-sheet microscopy, laser fabrication, optical tweezers, etc.-
Keywords:
- metasurface /
- miniature device /
- tunable Airy beam /
- tunable meta-device
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Figure 1.
Schematic of all-dielectric meta-device for generating dynamic Airy beam.
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Figure 2.
Characteristic of the meta-device. (a) The optical characteristics of the nanoantenna. The phase can encompass a complete 2π cycle as the diameter transitions from 50 nm to 113 nm, achieving an efficiency exceeding 90% for all the selected nanoantennas. The inset depicts the schematic of the nanoantenna. (b, e) The phase profiles of the first (b) and the second (e) metasurface. (c, f) The optical images of the fabricated metasurfaces according to the phase profile in (b) and (e), respectively. (d, g) The measured phase profiles of the fabricated metasurfaces. Scalar bars: 200 µm. The phase profile is measured using MetronLens from Ideaoptics Co., Ltd, Shanghai. (h) Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the meta-device. Scale bar: 100 μm. (i) Tiled-view (blue square) zoomed-in SEM image of meta-atoms of the metasurface. Scale bar: 0.5 μm.
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Figure 3.
The simulated and experimental results of the meta-devices. (a) The phase obtained upon the superposition of the two metasurfaces when the rotation angles of the two metasurfaces are both zero. (b) The simulated results when the rotation angle is set as shown in (a). The left column shows the Airy beam intensity in the propagation direction, and the dashed line shows the focal plane. The intensity distribution of the focal plane is shown in the upper right. The lower right shows the intensity distribution of the line that crosses the focal spot indicated by the dashed line in the upper right. (c) The experimental results according to those shown in (b). (d) The phase obtained upon superposition of the two metasurfaces when the rotation angles are -π/2 and π/2, respectively. (e) The simulated results when the rotation angle is set as shown in (d). The left column shows the Airy beam intensity in the propagation direction, and the dashed line shows the focal plane. The intensity distribution of the focal plane is shown in the upper right. The Lower right shows the intensity distribution of the line that crosses the focal spot indicated by the dashed line in the upper right. (f) The experimental results according to those shown in (b).
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Figure 4.
The experimental results of the meta-devices. (a) Different focal spots of the Airy beam when varying the rotation angles of the metasurfaces. The theoretically achievable zone is marked between the two dotted circles. (b) The intensity distributions of the focal plane selected from Fig. 4(a) are indicated by squares of different colors. Scalar bar: 20 µm.
