Photonics Research, 2020, 8 (5): 05000723, Published Online: Apr. 23, 2020
Zero-order-free meta-holograms in a broadband visible range Download: 720次
Abstract
The unwanted zero-order light accompanied by the birth of diffractive optical elements and caused mainly by fabrication errors and wavelength variations is a key factor that deteriorates the performance of diffraction-related optical devices such as holograms, gratings, beam shapers, beam splitters, optical diffusers, and diffractive microlenses. Here, inspired by the unique characteristic of nano-polarizer-based metasurfaces for both positive and negative amplitude modulation of incident light, we propose a general design paradigm to eliminate zero-order diffraction without burdening the metasurface design and fabrication. The experimentally demonstrated meta-hologram, which projects a holographic image with a wide angle of in the far field, presents a very low zero-order intensity (only 0.7% of the total energy of the reconstructed image). More importantly, the zero-order-free meta-hologram has a large tolerance limit for wavelength variations (under a broadband illumination from 520 to 660 nm), which brings important technical advances. The strategy proposed could significantly relieve the fabrication difficulty of metasurfaces and be viable for various diffractive-optics-related applications including holography, laser beam shaping, optical data storage, vortex beam generation, and so on.
Rao Fu, Liangui Deng, Zhiqiang Guan, Sheng Chang, Jin Tao, Zile Li, Guoxing Zheng. Zero-order-free meta-holograms in a broadband visible range[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(5): 05000723.