Three-channel metasurface based on simultaneous and independent control of near and far field under a single line light source

Metasurface based on independent and simultaneous control of near field and far field has significant potential for use in multichannel optics platform devices. However, the previous studies cannot satisfy independent and simultaneous control of near field and far field under a single line source, which made a significant challenge to multichannel optical platforms working in a compact environment. To manipulate effectively and freely the amplitude and phase of transmission under line source, Marius' law and Propagation phase was introduced on all-dielectric encoding metasurfaces meta-atoms. The Marius' law and Propagation phase can control the size and rotation angle of meta-atoms to encode grayscale amplitude images and holographic phase images. Finite-difference time-domain simulation results reveal that dual channel metasurface under a single line source achieves the same display effect as the dual channel metasurface under multiple light sources, which proves the feasibility of our studies. Moreover, under different angles of the line source, we encode the near-field binary image by using the degeneracy rotation angle of meta-atoms. Finally, a three-channel metasurface was obtained without affecting the display of the previous two-channel metasurface. As a result, the independent control amplitude, phase, and polarization of the incident light wave were achieved. The proposed metasurface could be applied in creating a multi-channel metasurface optical platform in a compact environment, which has application potential in image displays, optical storage, optical anti-counterfeiting, and information encryption technology. (C) 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement

Automated summary

The metasurface based on independent and simultaneous control of near field and far field shows great potential for multichannel optics platform devices. By introducing Marius' law and Propagation phase, this study effectively manipulates the amplitude and phase of transmission under a line source. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of achieving the same display effect as multiple light sources and encoding near-field binary images. This metasurface has applications in multi-channel optical platforms, image displays, optical storage, optical anti-counterfeiting, and information encryption technology.