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Ultrafast Laser Assembly of Metasurfaces with Large Scale Fabrication Capabilities

METASCALE (MSCA PF 101068089)

Project overview

Optical metasurfaces and nanophotonics are offering a promising route towards the realisation of compact and lightweight optical components for engineering the amplitude, phase and polarisation of light, which could replace current conventional bulky optics in a near future. Yet, today the realisation of metasurfaces is based on precise but time-consuming and energy-inefficient nanofabrication techniques: conditions which are beyond the capabilities of the majority of industrial entities. Funded by the 2021 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the METASCALE project (euMetascale) will focus on exploring the potential and limitations of laser processing techniques towards  the fabrication of high performance optical metasurfaces designed to operate in different spectral regimes. Such processes will be compatible with large-scale, cost-effective and green manufacturing routines, thus highly appropriate for current industrial environments.

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The project started in September 2023, and will be carried out under the supervision of Prof. Agustin Mihi at the Institute of Materials Science (Barcelona) the Spanish National Research Council (ICMAB-CSIC),  with the support from Prof. C. David Wright  from the host institution for secondments (Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation, Exeter, UK). 

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Recent scientific Publications
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  • Building Conventional Metasurfaces with Unconventional Interband Plasmonics: A Versatile Route for Sustainable Structural Color Generation Based on Bismuth 
    F Chacon‐Sanchez, CR de Galarreta et al. Advanced Optical Materials, 2302130, 2023

  • Remote Thermal Sources for Switching Phase-Change Material-Based Metasurfaces.
    G Braid, C Ruiz de Galarreta, A Comley, J Bertolotti, CD Wright. The European Phase-Change and Ovonic Symposium (E\PCOS)  Rome, 17 to 20 September 2023.

  • A Route to Ultra‐Fast Amplitude‐Only Spatial Light Modulation using Phase‐Change Materials.  
    J Shields, CR De Galarreta, H Penketh, YY Au, J Bertolotti, CD Wright, . Advanced Optical Materials, 2300765, 2023.

  • Switching of Phase-Change Optical Metasurfaces via Remote Thermal Sources
    G Braid, C Ruiz de Galarreta, A Comley, J Bertolotti, CD Wright. META conference, France, July 18 – 21, 2023.

  • Remote infrared view of JET divertor compatible with DT operations
    I Balboa, E Rose, GF Matthews, D Croft, MF Stamp, SA Silburn et al. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 65 (9), 094002, 2023.

  • Real‐Time 3D Visualization of the Formation of Micrograting Structures Upon Direct Laser Interference Patterning of Ge
    M Alvarez‐Alegria, C Ruiz de Galarreta, J Siegel. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2300145.

  • Remote wide angle view broad wavelength viewing system compatible with DT operations in JET
    I Balboa, E Rose, GF Matthews, D Croft, M Stamp, et al.  Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 65 (6), 064005, 2023.

  • Filtering and Modulation from the Infrared to the Terahertz using Phase‐Change Extraordinary Optical Transmission Metasurfaces
    E Humphreys, J Bertolotti, CR de Galarreta, N Casquero, J Siegel, CD Wright. physica status solidi Rapid Research Letters, 17, 8, 2023.

  • Amplitude–only spatial light modulation using phase-change meta-films
    J Shields, CR de Galarreta, H Penketh, J Bertolotti, CD Wright. META Conference, Torremolinos, Spain, 2023.

  • Optical and Thermal Design and Analysis of Phase-Change Metalenses for Active Numerical Aperture Control
    G Braid, C Ruiz de Galarreta, A Comley, J Bertolotti, CD Wright. Nanomaterials 12 (15), 2689, 2022.

  • Large Scale Fabrication of Extraordinary Transmission Plasmonic Metasurfaces Employing Ultra-fast Lasers
    Carlota Ruiz de Galarreta, Noemi Casquero, Euan Humphreys, Jacopo Bertolotti  et al. META Conferences, Torremolinos, Spain, 2022

  • Asembling and tunning metamaterials with laser-based techniques
    Rosalia Serna, Johann Toudert, Jose Gonzalo, Carlota Ruiz de Galarreta, Jan Siegel. META Conferences, Torremolinos, Spain, 2022

  • Phase-Change Metasurfaces for the Active Control of Lens Numerical Aperture
    George Braid, Carlota Ruiz de Galarreta, Andrew Comley, Jacopo Bertolotti, CD Wright. META Conferences, Torremolinos, Spain, 2022

  • Single-step fabrication of high-performance extraordinary transmission plasmonic metasurfaces employing ultrafast lasers
    C Ruiz de Galarreta, N Casquero, E Humphreys, J Bertolotti, J Solis, et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (2), 3446-3454, 2022.

  • Propagation dynamics of the solid–liquid interface in Ge upon ns and fs laser irradiation
    N Casquero, CR de Galarreta, Y Fuentes-Edfuf, J Solis, et al. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (36), 365104, 2022

  • Lithography-free fabrication of extraordinary transmission plasmonic metasurfaces over large areas employing ultrafast lasers
    C Ruiz De Galarreta, JS N Casquero, E Humphreys, J Bertolotti, J Solis, et al. CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC 2021, 21 – 25 JUNE 2021

  • Pulsed laser deposited bismuth plasmonic metasurfaces for reconfigurable structural color generators
    Carlota Ruiz de Galarreta, Eva Nieto-Pinero, Jan Siegel, C. David Wright, Rosalia Serna. E-MRS 2021 (Online)

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