Independent phase manipulation of co- and cross- polarizations with all-dielectric metasurface

Phase carried by two orthogonal polarizations can be manipulated independently by controlling both the geometric size and orientation of the dielectric nanopost. With this characteristic, we demonstrate a novel multifunctional metasurface, which converts part of the incident linearly polarized light into its cross-polarization and encodes the phase of the two orthogonal polarizations independently. A beam splitter and a bifocal metalens were realized in a single-layer dielectric metasurface by this approach. We fabricated the bifocal metalens and demonstrated that two focal spots in orthogonal polarizations can be separated transversely or longitudinally at will. The proposed approach shows a new route to design multifunctional meta surfaces with various applications in holography and three-dimensional display.

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This research demonstrates a novel multifunctional metasurface by independently manipulating the phase of two orthogonal polarizations using dielectric nanoposts. A beam splitter and a bifocal metalens were realized in a single-layer dielectric metasurface, showing a new route to design multifunctional meta surfaces with various applications.