Independent blazed diffraction in a polarization insensitive dual waveband metagrating

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Authors: Ruoqian Gao, Xinran Su, Pengtao Hu, Kai Wu, Yingge Cong, Junlin Li, Mingfeng Ge, Xiaoyi Liu, Wenfei Dong
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Abstract

Abstract Blazed gratings play a vital role in wavelength dispersion and directional beam steering, and the emergence of metasurfaces has opened new opportunities for compact and flexible blazed diffraction devices.However, whether in conventional or metasurface-based implementations, achieving stable and mutually independent wavefront responses under multi-wavelength operation remains a significant challenge.This work presents a metagrating design strategy that enables independent control of blazed diffraction across multiple wavelength bands, providing broadband wavefront manipulation within a single device. By arranging different circularly symmetric nanopillar units in an interleaved manner within a single planar layer and tuning the phase coverage for each wavelength band, multiple blazed diffraction modes can be achieved within a single device, with phase responses remaining independent across different bands. Such all-dielectric metagratings exhibit blazed diffraction behavior consistent with the design across both the visible and near-infrared bands, such all-dielectric metagratings exhibit blazed diffraction behavior consistent with the design across both the visible and near-infrared bands, with more than 90% of the transmitted energy concentrated in the designed diffraction orders. This work provides a compact and scalable design framework for multi-wavelength diffractive optical devices, with potential applications in planar optical systems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Optical Coatings and Gratings

Publication details

Journal / source
Research Square
Publication date
4 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint