Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces

Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces

February 27, 2024 | Arseny I. Kuznetsov, Mark L. Brongersma, Jin Yao, Mu Ku Chen, Uriel Levy, Din Ping Tsai, Nikolay I. Zheludev, Andrei Faraon, Amir Arbabi, Nanfang Yu, Debashis Chanda, Kenneth B. Crozier, Alexander V. Kildishev, Hao Wang, Joel K. W. Yang, Jason G. Valentine, Patrice Genevet, Jonathan A. Fan, Owen D. Miller, Arka Majumdar, Johannes E. Fröch, David Brady, Felix Heide, Ashok Veeraraghavan, Nader Engheta, Andrea Alù, Albert Polman, Harry A. Atwater, Prachi Thureja, Ramon Paniagua-Dominguez, Son Tung Ha, Angela I. Barreda, Jon A. Schuller, Isabelle Staude, Gustavo Grinblat, Yuri Kivshar, Samuel Peana, Susanne F. Yelin, Alexander Senichev, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Soham Saha, Alexandra Boltasseva, Junsuk Rho, Dong Kyo Oh, Joo-hoon Kim, Junghyun Park, Robert Devlin, and Ragip A. Pala
Optical metasurfaces have become a key area in optical research, offering unique functionalities for imaging, beam forming, holography, polarimetry, and more, while maintaining small device sizes. Despite extensive research, metasurface-related papers continue to grow rapidly as the field expands into areas like computational imaging, augmented reality, automotive, display, biosensing, nonlinear, quantum, and topological optics, optical computing, and more. The compactness and efficiency of metasurfaces make them highly valuable for industries needing miniaturized, high-performance optical components. This Roadmap highlights the current state of metasurface research and outlines future directions to drive scientific and industrial advancements. The article discusses various aspects of metasurfaces, including their applications in imaging, sensing, polarization detection, nonlinear generation, and quantum photonics. It also addresses challenges such as focusing efficiency, achromatic imaging, and the need for advanced design methods. The Roadmap suggests future research directions, including integrating metasurfaces with existing photonic devices, using artificial intelligence for design optimization, and exploring new material platforms and manufacturing techniques. Additionally, it emphasizes the potential of metasurfaces in applications like picophotonics, where subwavelength optical metrology and localization are crucial. The article also explores the use of topologically structured light fields for high-resolution imaging and metrology, and discusses the development of multifunctional metasurfaces that can control multiple optical degrees of freedom. Finally, it highlights the potential of metasurfaces in compact spectrometers, displays, and other optical systems, emphasizing their role in future technologies.Optical metasurfaces have become a key area in optical research, offering unique functionalities for imaging, beam forming, holography, polarimetry, and more, while maintaining small device sizes. Despite extensive research, metasurface-related papers continue to grow rapidly as the field expands into areas like computational imaging, augmented reality, automotive, display, biosensing, nonlinear, quantum, and topological optics, optical computing, and more. The compactness and efficiency of metasurfaces make them highly valuable for industries needing miniaturized, high-performance optical components. This Roadmap highlights the current state of metasurface research and outlines future directions to drive scientific and industrial advancements. The article discusses various aspects of metasurfaces, including their applications in imaging, sensing, polarization detection, nonlinear generation, and quantum photonics. It also addresses challenges such as focusing efficiency, achromatic imaging, and the need for advanced design methods. The Roadmap suggests future research directions, including integrating metasurfaces with existing photonic devices, using artificial intelligence for design optimization, and exploring new material platforms and manufacturing techniques. Additionally, it emphasizes the potential of metasurfaces in applications like picophotonics, where subwavelength optical metrology and localization are crucial. The article also explores the use of topologically structured light fields for high-resolution imaging and metrology, and discusses the development of multifunctional metasurfaces that can control multiple optical degrees of freedom. Finally, it highlights the potential of metasurfaces in compact spectrometers, displays, and other optical systems, emphasizing their role in future technologies.
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