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ISCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104532
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [12174097]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2021JJ10008]
- Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate [CX20210418]
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In this study, we propose a method of using computing metasurfaces for chiral edge sensing, incorporating a weak-value amplification technique. Experimental results demonstrate that high-contrast recognition of chirality can be achieved through edge detection, which may have potential applications in real-time measurement and separation of chiral enantiomers.
Computing metasurfaces have shown the extraordinary ability to precisely perform optical analog operations to the input light wave, and therefore exhibit greater potentials toward sensing applications. Here, we propose a unique application of computing metasurface for chiral edge sensing by incorporating a weak-value amplification technique. The computing metasurface performs the spatial differentiation operations of phase objects and extracts the edge-enhanced images, because the phase gradient generally occurs at the edge. The chirality-induced polarization rotation acts as the preselection state and the spatial differentiation operations in the metasurface provide weak coupling. The amplified pointer shift related to the tiny polarization rotation will eventually lead to an asymmetric edge-enhanced image. Owing to the high sensitivity of the weak-value amplification, we experimentally demonstrate a high-contrast recognition of chirality by edge detection, which may have potential applications in real-time measurement and separation of chiral enantiomers.
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