Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications
The advent of metasurface technology has revolutionized the field of optics and photonics in recent years due to its capability of engineering optical wavefronts with well-patterned nanostructures at subwavelength scale. Meanwhile, inspired and benefited from the tremendous success of the “lab-on-fi...
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| author | Qiancheng Zhao Weihao Yuan Jiaqi Qu Zhi Cheng Gang-Ding Peng Changyuan Yu |
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| description | The advent of metasurface technology has revolutionized the field of optics and photonics in recent years due to its capability of engineering optical wavefronts with well-patterned nanostructures at subwavelength scale. Meanwhile, inspired and benefited from the tremendous success of the “lab-on-fiber” concept, the integration of metasurface with optical fibers has drawn particular interest in the last decade, which establishes a novel technological platform towards the development of “all-in-fiber” metasurface-based devices. Thereby, this review aims to present and summarize the optical fiber-integrated metasurfaces with the current state of the art. The application scenarios of the optical fiber metasurface-based devices are well classified and discussed accordingly, with a brief explanation of physical fundamentals and design methods. The key fabrication methods corresponding to various optical fiber metasurfaces are summarized and compared. Furthermore, the challenges and potential future research directions of optical fiber metasurfaces are addressed to further leverage the flexibility and versatility of meta-fiber-based devices. It is believed that the optical fiber metasurfaces, as a novel all-around technological platform, will be exploited for a large range of applications in telecommunication, sensing, imaging, and biomedicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f182ca00da184b749be4526baf26b2c52023-11-23T23:30:14ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912022-02-0112579310.3390/nano12050793Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical ApplicationsQiancheng Zhao0Weihao Yuan1Jiaqi Qu2Zhi Cheng3Gang-Ding Peng4Changyuan Yu5Photonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaPhotonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaPhotonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaPhotonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaPhotonics & Optical Communication, School of Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaPhotonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaThe advent of metasurface technology has revolutionized the field of optics and photonics in recent years due to its capability of engineering optical wavefronts with well-patterned nanostructures at subwavelength scale. Meanwhile, inspired and benefited from the tremendous success of the “lab-on-fiber” concept, the integration of metasurface with optical fibers has drawn particular interest in the last decade, which establishes a novel technological platform towards the development of “all-in-fiber” metasurface-based devices. Thereby, this review aims to present and summarize the optical fiber-integrated metasurfaces with the current state of the art. The application scenarios of the optical fiber metasurface-based devices are well classified and discussed accordingly, with a brief explanation of physical fundamentals and design methods. The key fabrication methods corresponding to various optical fiber metasurfaces are summarized and compared. Furthermore, the challenges and potential future research directions of optical fiber metasurfaces are addressed to further leverage the flexibility and versatility of meta-fiber-based devices. It is believed that the optical fiber metasurfaces, as a novel all-around technological platform, will be exploited for a large range of applications in telecommunication, sensing, imaging, and biomedicine.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/5/793metasurface technologynanostructureslab-on-fiberoptical fiber metasurfaces |
| spellingShingle | Qiancheng Zhao Weihao Yuan Jiaqi Qu Zhi Cheng Gang-Ding Peng Changyuan Yu Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications Nanomaterials metasurface technology nanostructures lab-on-fiber optical fiber metasurfaces |
| title | Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications |
| title_full | Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications |
| title_fullStr | Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications |
| title_short | Optical Fiber-Integrated Metasurfaces: An Emerging Platform for Multiple Optical Applications |
| title_sort | optical fiber integrated metasurfaces an emerging platform for multiple optical applications |
| topic | metasurface technology nanostructures lab-on-fiber optical fiber metasurfaces |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/5/793 |
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