Computer‐Generated Holographic Nanoprinting

Abstract

AbstractMetasurface‐assisted nanoprinting is usually enabled by spectrum‐modulation and/or polarization‐modulation at the subwavelength scale. The spectrum‐modulated nanoprint works under unpolarized white‐light and requires the minimalist observation conditions, but it can hardly modulate light brightness; the polarization‐modulated nanoprint can continuously control light brightness, but it requires complex and precise polarization control both at the input and output ends to decode a nanoprinting image. In this study, computer‐generated holographic nanoprinting is designed and experimentally demonstrated, enabled by Pancharatnam–Berry phase modulation of light, which has both the advantages of the two types of nanoprintings while avoiding their disadvantages. Specifically, a general platform is built to implement single‐channel/multichannel/color nanoprinting in a holography way, which presents its unique characteristics like incoherent light illumination, arbitrary brightness modulation, polarization insensitivity, and zero‐dispersion. A periodic phase is further attached to the target object wave during the holographic interference pattern generation, and the reconstructed nanoprinting image only appears in the zero‐order diffraction direction, thus making the information delivery safer. This study can empower advanced research on metasurface‐based nanoprinting, which can find its markets in ultracompact image‐display, data storage, information multiplexing, and many other related fields.