Design and fabrication of pixel-level infrared metalens arrays for light field control
CSTR:
Author:
Affiliation:

1University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200433, China;2Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China;3College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

Clc Number:

O43

Fund Project:

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (U24A20294,62335017, 62222412, 62104236, 62104237); the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFB3404405); the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB0980000); the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (Y202057); the Shanghai Sailing Program (22YF1455800, 21YF1455000); the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation Program (23ZR1473500, 23ZR1473100); the Special Innovation Program of Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CX-513, CX-512, CX-508, CX-567); the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024M750687); the National Key Laboratory of Infrared Detection Technologies (IRDT-23-01)

  • Article
  • |
  • Figures
  • |
  • Metrics
  • |
  • Reference
  • |
  • Related
  • |
  • Cited by
  • |
  • Materials
  • |
  • Comments
    Abstract:

    Metalenses, with their unique optical field modulation characteristics and remarkable advantages of high integration and miniaturization, have broad applications in the integrated imaging system of lightweight and small-sized optoelectronic chips. In this paper, a metalens structure for pixel-level integrated infrared focal plane applications was designed. The preparation of the structure adopted a method combining stepper lithography technology and the Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) etching process. Through a systematic optimization of etching parameters, including gas flow rate, working pressure, and power, the loading effect was effectively suppressed and the standard deviation of the etching rate was decreased from 0.205% to 0.073%. Finally, a highly uniform metalens array was fabricated, with a pixel center distance of 30 μm, an array of 640×512, and a maximum aspect ratio of 3.42 of Si pillars. The focusing distance for 4.3 μm wavelength infrared light is 35 μm. The measured optical field convergence efficiencies, within radial ranges of 10 μm and 20 μm in the central area at the focal length, are 66.4% and 84.9%, respectively. The optical field energy is increased by 5.98 times and 1.91 times, respectively, compared with that without the integrated metalens within the same area range. This study will provide the structural design and processing foundation for the integration of pixel-level metalens arrays with infrared chips.

    Reference
    Related
    Cited by
Get Citation

ZHANG Feng, WANG Fang-Fang, ZHOU Jian, YING Xiang-Xiao, ZHOU Yi, CHEN Jian-Xin. Design and fabrication of pixel-level infrared metalens arrays for light field control[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2026,45(2):207-216

Copy
Related Videos

Share
Article Metrics
  • Abstract:
  • PDF:
  • HTML:
  • Cited by:
History
  • Received:January 07,2025
  • Revised:January 03,2026
  • Adopted:March 11,2025
  • Online: March 10,2026
  • Published:
Article QR Code