• Opto-Electronic Engineering
  • Vol. 51, Issue 8, 240141 (2024)
Ruixing Xia, Dong Zhao, Ziqin Li, and Kun Huang*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, china
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    DOI: 10.12086/oee.2024.240141 Cite this Article
    Ruixing Xia, Dong Zhao, Ziqin Li, Kun Huang. Metasurface beamsplitter with large field of view and equal diffraction angle interval[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2024, 51(8): 240141 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    LiDAR currently mainly uses a Dammann grating as the laser beamsplitter. However, as a periodic diffraction optical device, the Dammann grating satisfies the grating equation requiring each diffraction angle's sine value to form an arithmetic progression, which cannot achieve uniform angular beam-splitting. The theoretical diffraction efficiency is also limited. This paper uses the angular spectrum and random search optimization algorithm to design a more flexible non-periodic beamsplitter. Simulations show that the metasurface beamsplitter can achieve a 70-degree field angle of 41 beams with an equal diffraction angle interval. The simulated diffraction efficiency reaches 84% which is higher than the diffraction limit of a binary phase device. In experiments, the metasurface beamsplitter has good beam-splitting uniformity and can promote the development of LiDAR.
    Ruixing Xia, Dong Zhao, Ziqin Li, Kun Huang. Metasurface beamsplitter with large field of view and equal diffraction angle interval[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2024, 51(8): 240141
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