Multi-channel electrically tunable varifocal metalens with compact multilayer polarization-dependent metasurfaces and liquid crystals
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| author | Ma, Zhiyao Li, Zhe Tian, Tian Liao, Yuxuan Feng, Xue Li, Yongzhuo Cui, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Sun, Hao Zhang, Wei Huang, Yidong |
| author_facet | Ma, Zhiyao Li, Zhe Tian, Tian Liao, Yuxuan Feng, Xue Li, Yongzhuo Cui, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Sun, Hao Zhang, Wei Huang, Yidong |
| contents | As an essential module of optical systems, varifocal lens usually consists of multiple mechanically moving lenses along the optical axis. The recent development of metasurfaces with tunable functionalities holds the promise of miniaturizing varifocal lens. However, existing varifocal metalenses are hard to combine electrical tunability with scalable number and range of focal lengths, thus limiting the practical applications. Our previous work shows that the electrically tunable channels could be increased to 2N by cascading N polarization-dependent metasurfaces with liquid crystals (LCs). Here, we demonstrated a compact eight-channel electrically tunable varifocal metalens with three single-layer polarization-multiplexed bi-focal metalens and three LC cells. The total thickness of the device is ~6 mm, while the focal lengths could be switched among eight values within the range of 3.6 to 9.6 mm. The scheme is scalable in number and range of focal lengths and readily for further miniaturization. We believe that our proposal would open new possibilities of miniaturized imaging systems, AR/VR displays, LiDAR, etc. |
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| spellingShingle | Multi-channel electrically tunable varifocal metalens with compact multilayer polarization-dependent metasurfaces and liquid crystals Ma, Zhiyao Li, Zhe Tian, Tian Liao, Yuxuan Feng, Xue Li, Yongzhuo Cui, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Sun, Hao Zhang, Wei Huang, Yidong Optics Applied Physics As an essential module of optical systems, varifocal lens usually consists of multiple mechanically moving lenses along the optical axis. The recent development of metasurfaces with tunable functionalities holds the promise of miniaturizing varifocal lens. However, existing varifocal metalenses are hard to combine electrical tunability with scalable number and range of focal lengths, thus limiting the practical applications. Our previous work shows that the electrically tunable channels could be increased to 2N by cascading N polarization-dependent metasurfaces with liquid crystals (LCs). Here, we demonstrated a compact eight-channel electrically tunable varifocal metalens with three single-layer polarization-multiplexed bi-focal metalens and three LC cells. The total thickness of the device is ~6 mm, while the focal lengths could be switched among eight values within the range of 3.6 to 9.6 mm. The scheme is scalable in number and range of focal lengths and readily for further miniaturization. We believe that our proposal would open new possibilities of miniaturized imaging systems, AR/VR displays, LiDAR, etc. |
| title | Multi-channel electrically tunable varifocal metalens with compact multilayer polarization-dependent metasurfaces and liquid crystals |
| topic | Optics Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10953 |