Photonic Metasurfaces: Advances and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Interaction Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 806
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied physics; mathematical physics; metasurface; structural color; polarimetry; holography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the continuous progress of nanofabrication technologies, metasurfaces have become an important platform for multi-dimensional optical field modulation, providing versatile control over phase, polarization, amplitude, and frequency. These capabilities have substantially extended their applications in photonics such as augmented reality, virtual reality, polarization detection, polarization imaging, structured light, and so on. This Special Issue emphasizes recent advances in optical applications enabled by metasurfaces, particularly those that transcend the limitations of conventional diffractive components. These advances enable the realization of lightweight, miniaturized, and integrated optical devices, further advancing the field of metasurface-based photonic integration.
We invite original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Multidimensional optical modulation.
- Metalens and light-field imaging.
- Structural color based on metasurface.
- Polarimetry and polarization imaging.
- Applications of metasurfaces in multispectral/hyperspectral imaging, biosensing, augmented/virtual reality, and structural light.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yongze Ren
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multidimensional optical modulation
- structural color
- polarimetry and polarization imaging
- biosensing metasurface
- metalens
- multispectral/hyperspectral imaging
- augmented/virtual reality optics via metasurface
- edge detection
- structural light
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