Aberration-free ultrathin flat lenses and axicons at telecom wavelengths based on plasmonic metasurfaces

Nano Lett. 2012 Sep 12;12(9):4932-6. doi: 10.1021/nl302516v. Epub 2012 Aug 21.

Abstract

The concept of optical phase discontinuities is applied to the design and demonstration of aberration-free planar lenses and axicons, comprising a phased array of ultrathin subwavelength-spaced optical antennas. The lenses and axicons consist of V-shaped nanoantennas that introduce a radial distribution of phase discontinuities, thereby generating respectively spherical wavefronts and nondiffracting Bessel beams at telecom wavelengths. Simulations are also presented to show that our aberration-free designs are applicable to high-numerical aperture lenses such as flat microscope objectives.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Artifacts*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lenses*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Surface Properties
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*