• Optical Instruments
  • Vol. 42, Issue 5, 20 (2020)
Lei CHEN1, Jing LU2, and Jing WEN1,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2Zhongkexin Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. , Beijing 1000322,China
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    DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.2020.05.004 Cite this Article
    Lei CHEN, Jing LU, Jing WEN. Generation of Bessel beam array using broadband metasurfaces[J]. Optical Instruments, 2020, 42(5): 20 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Bessel beam arrays can be generated by loading a phase map on a spatial light modulator (SLM) or a microaxicon-like structures fabricated by lithography. However, the pixel size of a typical SLM is more than one order of magnitude larger than the wavelength of visible light, which limits the available range of phase gradient. And the tip of the micro-axicon-like structures fabricated by lithography is not a standard cone, which affects the quality of the Bessel beam. In order to overcome these shortcomings, a device that can generate Bessel beam array (at a wavelength of 700 nm, NA = 0.3) is designed by loading a complex phase map onto the dielectric metasurface. The device can work in a broadband, the polarization conversion efficiencies of one nanopost remains higher than 57% at the wavelength range from λ=590 nm to λ=800 nm. This device (thickness of 380 nm and diameter of only 40 μm) was simulated by the three-dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD). The array beams generated were perpendicular to the metasurface device. The proposed Bessel beam array generator has a thickness of nanometer level and a diameter of several tens of micrometers, which has great application prospects in the field of integrated optics in the future.