Dynamic metasurface lens based on MEMS technology

@inproceedings{Roy2017DynamicML,
  title={Dynamic metasurface lens based on MEMS technology},
  author={Tapashree Roy and Shuyan Zhang and Il Woong Jung and Mariano Troccoli and Federico Capasso and Daniel L{\'o}pez},
  year={2017}
}
In the recent years, metasurfaces, being flat and lightweight, have been designed to replace bulky optical components with various functions. We demonstrate a monolithic Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) integrated with a metasurface-based flat lens that focuses light in the mid-infrared spectrum. A two-dimensional scanning MEMS platform controls the angle of the lens along two orthogonal axes by ±9°, thus enabling dynamic beam steering. The device could be used to compensate for off-axis… 
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