Talk Abstract: Metalenses have the potential to become a powerful new tool in an optical engineer’s toolbox. One of the main roadblocks for the adoption of metalenses in optical design is the complexity of the design workflow. This complexity is caused by the two significantly different length scales of lenses (macro-optics) and meta-atoms (micro-structures). Another complexity is the effect introduced by the manufacturing process. Design tool providers like Synopsys can play a crucial role in facilitating the adoption of such new technologies. To this end, we have developed products that streamline metalens design workflows. In this talk, I will explain what a metalens is, how it works, the design workflow for various applications, and recent explorations on designing for manufacturability. We hope these crucial design tools will reduce the design-to-market time for products that include metalenses.

Speaker Biography: Dr. Yijun (Joy) Ding is an Application Engineer at the Optical Solutions Group, Synopsys Inc. She joined Synopsys, in 2021, with a focus on applying optical design software for imaging system optimization and analysis. With her dissertation work on image science at the University of Arizona, Joy obtained a Ph.D. degree in Physics and a minor in Optics from the Wyant College of Optical Sciences. Joy also holds a bachelor’s degree in applied physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Prior to joining Synopsys, Joy had worked in research areas including charged-particle emission tomography, application of statistical decision theory in radiation oncology, and invertibility of multi-energy X-ray transform.