Realization of Achromatic and Wide-Field Doublet Metalens in Mid-Infrared Spectra

Abstract

Metalenses has been proposed to replace bulky and heavy refractive lenses. In the mid-infrared (MIR) range, simultaneous realization of wide-field and achromatic imaging for MIR metalense has so far not been achieved. In this letter, we design and fabricate a MIR metalens that achieves achromatic imaging with a field of view (FOV) of 60° in the wavelength range of $10~\mu \text{m}$ to $11~\mu \text{m}$ . Experimental results show that the average focusing efficiencies of the metalens are 20.62% at 0° incident angle and 9.1% at 30° incident angle. This metalens provides potential in many applications, such as molecular fingerprint detection, night vision and free space communication.