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Flat Optics: a new approach to structured light, polarization control and lenses (Prof. Federico Capasso)

Flat Optics: a new approach to structured light, polarization control and lenses

Datum: 12.12.2018
Uhrzeit: 14:00
Vortragende(r): Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Raum: Hörsaal, Raum B 0.32 / New lecture hall, Room B 0.32
Gastgeber: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Metasurfaces enable arbitrary control of the wavefront of light by locally manipulating polarization in addition to amplitude and phase. As a result, multiple optical functions can be encoded with greatly reduced complexity that be accessed by changing the input polarization, wavelength and k-vector. Unique ways to generate structured light, a new polarization optics that greatly surpasses the capabilities of the standard and a new class of lenses that correct aberrations without requiring multiple stacked lenses have emerged from this approach. [mehr]