Polarization-Sensitive Diffractive Optics and Metasurfaces: "Past is Prologue"

Published 20 May 2025 in physics.optics | (2505.13807v1)

Abstract: Polarization control and switchability are among the most unique features of "metasurfaces" as compared with diffractive optics technologies of the past. Here, we review how the polarization control afforded by the advent of present-day metasurfaces compares to diffractive elements of previous decades, clarifying from a functional perspective what is new, and what is not.

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