Arbitrarily structured quantum emission with a multifunctional metalens

Chi Li; Jaehyuck Jang; Trevon Badloe; Tieshan Yang; Joohoon Kim; Jaekyung Kim; Minh Nguyen; Stefan A. Maier; Junsuk Rho; Haoran Ren; Igor Aharonovich

doi:10.1186/s43593-023-00052-4

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Arbitrarily structured quantum emission with a multifunctional metalens

eLight Vol. 3, Issue 1, (2023)

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- Arbitrarily structured quantum emission with a multifunctional metalens
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
  School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
  Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
  POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Centre for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  National Institute of Nanomaterials Technology (NINT), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
  ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
- Author bio：
  
  *Chi Lichi.li@uts.edu.au
  Junsuk Rhojsrho@postech.ac.kr
  Haoran Renhaoran.ren@monash.edu
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- DOI：10.1186/s43593-023-00052-4
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- Published：2023，
  
  Published Online：07 August 2023，
  
  Received：22 April 2023，
  
  Revised：27 May 2023，
  
  Accepted：12 June 2023
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Chi Li, Jaehyuck Jang, Trevon Badloe, et al. Arbitrarily structured quantum emission with a multifunctional metalens. [J]. eLight, 2023,3(1).
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Chi Li, Jaehyuck Jang, Trevon Badloe, et al. Arbitrarily structured quantum emission with a multifunctional metalens. [J]. eLight, 2023,3(1). DOI： 10.1186/s43593-023-00052-4.

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Abstract

Structuring light emission from single-photon emitters (SPEs) in multiple degrees of freedom is of great importance for quantum information processing towards higher dimensions. However

traditional control of emission from quantum light sources relies on the use of multiple bulky optical elements or nanostructured resonators with limited functionalities

constraining the potential of multi-dimensional tailoring. Here we introduce the use of an ultrathin polarisation-beam-splitting metalens for the arbitrary structuring of quantum emission at room temperature. Owing to the complete and independent polarisation and phase control at the single meta-atom level

the designed metalens enables simultaneous mapping of quantum emission from ultra-bright defects in hexagonal boron nitride and imprinting of an arbitrary wavefront onto orthogonal polarisation states of the sources. The hybrid quantum metalens enables simultaneous manipulation of multiple degrees of freedom of a quantum light source

including directionality

polarisation

and orbital angular momentum. This could unleash the full potential of solid-state SPEs for their use as high-dimensional quantum sources for advanced quantum photonic applications.

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