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Hauptverfasser: Li, Shiyu, Lin, Ho-Chun, Hsu, Chia Wei
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13592
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author Li, Shiyu
Lin, Ho-Chun
Hsu, Chia Wei
author_facet Li, Shiyu
Lin, Ho-Chun
Hsu, Chia Wei
contents Theoretical bounds are commonly used to assess the limitations of photonic design. Here we introduce a more active way to use theoretical bounds, integrating them into part of the design process and identifying optimal system parameters that maximize the efficiency limit itself. As an example, we consider wide-field-of-view high-numerical-aperture metalenses, which can be used for high-resolution imaging in microscopy and endoscopy, but no existing design has achieved a high efficiency. By choosing aperture sizes to maximize an efficiency bound, setting the thickness according to a thickness bound, and then performing inverse design, we come up with high-numerical-aperture (NA = 0.9) metalens designs with record-high 98% transmission efficiency and 92% Strehl ratio across all incident angles within a 60-deg field of view, reaching the maximized bound. This maximizing-efficiency-limit approach applies to any multi-channel system and can help a wide range of optical devices reach their highest possible performance.
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spellingShingle High-efficiency high-NA metalens designed by maximizing the efficiency limit
Li, Shiyu
Lin, Ho-Chun
Hsu, Chia Wei
Optics
Theoretical bounds are commonly used to assess the limitations of photonic design. Here we introduce a more active way to use theoretical bounds, integrating them into part of the design process and identifying optimal system parameters that maximize the efficiency limit itself. As an example, we consider wide-field-of-view high-numerical-aperture metalenses, which can be used for high-resolution imaging in microscopy and endoscopy, but no existing design has achieved a high efficiency. By choosing aperture sizes to maximize an efficiency bound, setting the thickness according to a thickness bound, and then performing inverse design, we come up with high-numerical-aperture (NA = 0.9) metalens designs with record-high 98% transmission efficiency and 92% Strehl ratio across all incident angles within a 60-deg field of view, reaching the maximized bound. This maximizing-efficiency-limit approach applies to any multi-channel system and can help a wide range of optical devices reach their highest possible performance.
title High-efficiency high-NA metalens designed by maximizing the efficiency limit
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13592