Flat Optics for Next-Generation Devices and Computing*

Conventional optics, which are curved and bulky, have been used for hundreds of years in healthcare, aerospace and consumer markets. Over the past decade, a new type of planar nanostructured device, known as metasurfaces, has emerged as a promising platform to transform optical components into ultracompact semiconductor packages. In this talk, I will discuss how we engineer and fabricate multilayer metasurfaces to enable 3D integrated meta-optics. I will then present our efforts in translating laboratory demonstrations into real-world applications for imaging, holography and analog computing. These results offer promising avenues for advancing future consumer optoelectronic devices.