All-dielectric metasurface for polarization-multiplexed single-pixel imaging

Abstract

Integration and miniaturization of multi-channel single-pixel imaging systems have become a developing trend. However, it is challenging to meet such development needs solely relying on traditional optical devices. One feasible solution is the utilization of metasurfaces with multiplexing functionality. Here, we propose and validate an all-dielectric, anisotropic metasurface that provides a random mask with polarization multiplexing for single pixel imaging. The design ensures each mask contains 50% target information, allowing adaptive correlated imaging of different targets without needing to redesign the masks. By optimizing the metasurface, we enhance computational efficiency by preventing correlation between different polarization channels and mask patterns. We also adjust the parameters of the compressed sensing algorithm to accommodate various sampling rates, ensuring high-quality image reconstruction. Additionally, the whole system is simulated by the angular spectrum transmission and compressed sensing reconstruction algorithm, providing image reconstruction results for metasurfaces of different sizes, demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed approach. It is noteworthy that the designed metasurface works for single-wavelength operation and could be extended to multispectral imaging by introducing achromatic metasurface technology. The proposed method could miniaturize the optical devices and reduce light loss.