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

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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