Controlling vector beams with anisotropic metamaterials

Vittorio Aita; Anastasiia Zaleska; Alexey Krasavin; Anatoly V. Zayats

doi:10.1117/12.3028571

8 October 2024 Controlling vector beams with anisotropic metamaterials

Vittorio Aita, Anastasiia Zaleska, Alexey Krasavin, Anatoly V. Zayats

Proceedings Volume PC13109, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2024; PC131090G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028571
Event: Nanoscience + Engineering, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Structured light is important in various fields including metrology, optical trapping, communications, and nonlinear optics. Here, we introduce a method to manipulate cylindrical vector beams using a strongly anisotropic epsilon-near-zero metamaterial. The longitudinal and transverse fields of a vector beam interacts differently with the metamaterial due to its anisotropy with an efficiency which depends on the numerical aperture of the objective, the initial state of polarisation and the quality of the metamaterial. These anisotropic interactions lead to reshaping the vector beam and its polarisation as demonstrated experimentally and theoretically. The approach facilitates wave front shaping and spatial polarization engineering, promising applications in microscopy, information encoding, and biochemical sensing.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Vittorio Aita, Anastasiia Zaleska, Alexey Krasavin, and Anatoly V. Zayats "Controlling vector beams with anisotropic metamaterials", Proc. SPIE PC13109, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2024, PC131090G (8 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028571

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTATION

WATCH
PRESENTATION SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

KEYWORDS

Optical metamaterials

Polarization

Metrology

Microscopy

Nonlinear optics

Objectives

Optical communications

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years