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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Full color visible imaging with crystalline silicon meta-optics.

Johannes E Fröch, Luocheng Huang, Zhihao Zhou, Virat Tara, Zhuoran Fang, Shane Colburn, Alan Zhan, Minho Choi, Arnab Manna, Andrew Tang and 3 more

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Johannes E FröchDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. jfroech@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1111-9704
Luocheng HuangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Zhihao ZhouDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Virat TaraDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Zhuoran FangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Shane ColburnDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Alan ZhanTunoptix, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Minho ChoiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Arnab MannaDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Andrew TangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Zheyi HanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Karl F BöhringerDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9428-2648
Arka MajumdarDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. arka@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-590X

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) NNCI-1542101National Science Foundation (NSF) NNCI-2025489United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) W31P4Q21C0043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silicon is a common material of choice for semiconductor optics in the infrared spectral range, due to its low cost, well-developed high-volume manufacturing methods, high refractive index, and transparency. It is, however, typically ill-suited for applications in the visible range, due to its large absorption coefficient, especially for green and blue light. Counterintuitively, we demonstrate how ultra-thin crystalline meta-optics enable full-color imaging in the visible range. For this purpose, we employ an inverse design approach, which maximizes the volume under the broadband modulation transfer function of the meta-optics. Beyond that, we demonstrate polarization-multiplexed functionality in the visible. This is particularly important as polarization optics require high index materials, a characteristic often difficult to obtain in the visible.

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PMID40533449
PMCPMC12177033

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