Meta-operators: all optical and wireless image processing via metasurfaces
Open Access
- 2 June 2026
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Light: Science & Applications
- Vol. 15 (1)
Abstract
Arrays of resonant nanoparticles, so-called metasurfaces, have been developed and demonstrated as the first generation of meta-operators. Unlike today’s electronic systems, the demonstrated compact, scalable platform enables ultrafast, energy-efficient all-optical image processing, extending to holographic wavefront shaping with a single-layer metasurface. These results open new opportunities for advanced optical computational microscopy and intelligent sensing.Keywords
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