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ArticleScience advances2021

Meta-optics achieves RGB-achromatic focusing for virtual reality.

Zhaoyi Li, Peng Lin, Yao-Wei Huang, Joon-Suh Park, Wei Ting Chen, Zhujun Shi, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Ji-Xin Cheng, Federico Capasso

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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9 authors.

Zhaoyi LiHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. zhaoyili@seas.harvard.edu capasso@seas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-8438
Peng LinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-0744
Yao-Wei HuangHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-413X
Joon-Suh ParkHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3235-5450
Wei Ting ChenHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8665-9241
Zhujun ShiHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-2083
Cheng-Wei QiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-500X
Ji-Xin ChengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-6683
Federico CapassoHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. zhaoyili@seas.harvard.edu capasso@seas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-8249

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual and augmented realities are rapidly developing technologies, but their large-scale penetration will require lightweight optical components with small aberrations. We demonstrate millimeter-scale diameter, high-NA, submicron-thin, metasurface-based lenses that achieve diffraction-limited achromatic focusing of the primary colors by exploiting constructive interference of light from multiple zones and dispersion engineering. To illustrate the potential of this approach, we demonstrate a virtual reality system based on a home-built fiber scanning near-eye display.

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PMCPMC7840120

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