Jones matrix holography with metasurfaces

Noah A Rubin; Aun Zaidi; Ahmed H Dorrah; Zhujun Shi; Federico Capasso

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abg7488

Jones matrix holography with metasurfaces

Sci Adv. 2021 Aug 13;7(33):eabg7488. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg7488. Print 2021 Aug.

Authors

Noah A Rubin¹, Aun Zaidi², Ahmed H Dorrah², Zhujun Shi^{3

4}, Federico Capasso¹

Affiliations

¹ Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. noahrubin@seas.harvard.edu capasso@seas.harvard.edu.
² Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
³ Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
⁴ Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA 95014, USA.

Abstract

We propose a new class of computer-generated holograms whose far-fields have designer-specified polarization response. We dub these Jones matrix holograms. We provide a simple procedure for their implementation using form-birefringent metasurfaces. Jones matrix holography generalizes a wide body of past work with a consistent mathematical framework, particularly in the field of metasurfaces, and suggests previously unrealized devices, examples of which are demonstrated here. In particular, we demonstrate holograms whose far-fields implement parallel polarization analysis and custom waveplate-like behavior.

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