Cascaded metasurfaces for adaptive aberration correction

Lei Zhang; Tie Jun Cui

doi:10.29026/oea.2025.250052

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Zhang L, Cui TJ. Cascaded metasurfaces for adaptive aberration correction. Opto-Electron Adv 8, 250052 (2025). doi: 10.29026/oea.2025.250052

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Zhang L, Cui TJ. Cascaded metasurfaces for adaptive aberration correction. Opto-Electron Adv 8, 250052 (2025). doi: 10.29026/oea.2025.250052

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Cascaded metasurfaces for adaptive aberration correction

Lei Zhang^1,2,
Tie Jun Cui^1,2, ,

1.
Institute of Electromagnetic Space and State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
2.
School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

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^*Corresponding author: TJ Cui, E-mail: tjcui@seu.edu.cn
CSTR: 32247.14.oea.2025.250052

Received Date 23 March 2025

Accepted Date 27 March 2025

Available Online 28 April 2025

Abstract

Abstract

Aberration-corrected focus scanning is crucial for high-precision optics, but the conventional optical systems rely on bulky and complicated dynamic correctors. Recently, Shiyi Xiao's group proposed a method using two rotating cascaded transmissive metasurfaces for adaptive aberration correction in focus scanning. The optimized phase profiles enable precise control of the focal position for scanning custom-curved surfaces. This concept was experimentally validated by two all-silicon meta-devices in the terahertz regime, paving the way for high-precision and compact optical devices in various applications.

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