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ArticleNature communications2023

3D-patterned inverse-designed mid-infrared metaoptics.

Gregory Roberts, Conner Ballew, Tianzhe Zheng, Juan C Garcia, Sarah Camayd-Muñoz, Philip W C Hon, Andrei Faraon

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Gregory RobertsKavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Conner BallewKavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Tianzhe ZhengKavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Juan C GarciaNG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation, 1 Space Park Drive, Redondo Beach, 90278, CA, USA.
Sarah Camayd-MuñozKavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Philip W C HonNG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation, 1 Space Park Drive, Redondo Beach, 90278, CA, USA.
Andrei FaraonKavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA. faraon@caltech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-391X

Funding

United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) HR00111720035United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command | Army Research Office (ARO) W911NF-22-1-0097
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern imaging systems can be enhanced in efficiency, compactness, and application through the introduction of multilayer nanopatterned structures for manipulation of light based on its fundamental properties. High transmission multispectral imaging is elusive due to the commonplace use of filter arrays which discard most of the incident light. Further, given the challenges of miniaturizing optical systems, most cameras do not leverage the wealth of information in polarization and spatial degrees of freedom. Optical metamaterials can respond to these electromagnetic properties but have been explored primarily in single-layer geometries, limiting their performance and multifunctional capacity. Here we use advanced two-photon lithography to realize multilayer scattering structures that achieve highly nontrivial optical transformations intended to process light just before it reaches a focal plane array. Computationally optimized multispectral and polarimetric sorting devices are fabricated with submicron feature sizes and experimentally validated in the mid-infrared. A final structure shown in simulation redirects light based on its angular momentum. These devices demonstrate that with precise 3-dimensional nanopatterning, one can directly modify the scattering properties of a sensor array to create advanced imaging systems.

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PMID37179338
PMCPMC10183040

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