Harnessing optical metasurfaces for reconfigurable optoelectronic devices

该项目旨在展示超薄光学元件，即超表面，以展示一类新的可重构光电器件。该项目预计将产生光学和光子学方面的新知识，该领域对现代社会的影响范围从电信到计算，绿色能源技术，艺术，医疗保健和基础科学。这个项目的预期成果将是阐明光学超颖表面的基本原理。这些器件将允许光学系统具有显著更小的足迹，有助于光学和光子学领域的持续进步及其对社会的后续效益。

This project aims to demonstrate ultra-thin optical components known as metasurfaces, to demonstrate a new class of reconfigurable optoelectronic devices. This project expects to generate new knowledge in optics and photonics, a field whose impact upon modern society ranges from telecommunications to computing, green energy technologies, the arts, healthcare, and basic science. Expected outcomes of this project will be elucidation of the fundamentals underpinning optical metasurfaces. Such devices will permit optical systems with drastically smaller footprints, contributing to continued progress of the field of optics and photonics, and its ensuing benefits to society.