UNMET NEED
Optical devices have become ubiquitous around us, from our trusted smartphone camera to the advanced medical devices we rely on to improve diagnosis. Over the last two decades, optical metasurfaces have pioneered significant enhancements in efficiency and performance. These flat surfaces, precisely sculpted with long thin nanostructures, have shown potential to improve miniaturization and integration of optical components, and have demonstrated unprecedented ability to manipulate light.
Despite their capabilities, optical metasurfaces have yet to be widely adopted due to high losses and reduced bending angles in broadband applications, complex nanomanufacturing and material limitations, and challenging computational design.
