Imaging polarimetry through metasurface polarization gratings
Abstract
Metasurfaces—subwavelength arrays of phase-shifting elements—present new possibilities for polarization optics and polarimetry. In particular, a periodic, polarization-sensitive metasurface diffraction grating can enable full-Stokes imaging polarimetry with a single polarization-sensitive component. In this work, we show that a suitably-designed metasurface grating can serve as a polarimetric “attachment” to an existing intensity-only imaging system, converting it into one capable of full-Stokes imaging polarimetry. Design rules and tradeoffs governing this adaptation are described and demonstrated using a machine vision imaging system as an example.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 08, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1364/oe.450941
Entities
People
- Federico Capasso
- Michael Juhl
- Michele Tamagnone
- Noah A Rubin
- Paul Chevalier
- Russell Chipman
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Harvard University
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- NASA Earth Science
- National Science Foundation
- University of Arizona