OMC Poster Session

[OMCp-03] Realization of Arbitrary Caustic Engineering via 3D-printed Metasurfaces

*Xiaoyan Zhou^1,2,3, Hongtao Wang^2,3, Shuxi Liu¹, Hao Wang³, John You En Chan³, Cheng-Feng Pan^2,3, Daomu Zhao¹, Joel K. W. Yang³, Cheng-Wei Qiu² (1. Zhejiang University, 2. National university of singapore, 3. Singapore university of technology and design)

By introducing the "compensation phase" via 3D-printed metasurfaces, we sculpt caustic fields with arbitrary propagation trajectories in free space. During propagation, the in-plane caustic patterns can either be preserved or morphed from one shape to another.