Presentation by Lieven Penninck on 18 November 2026
Meta-surfaces have come a long way from a small lab demo to now being used in smartphones and other consumer electronics. The design and manufacturing methods for metaoptics are growing more advanced in parallel to the market adaptation.
While metasurfaces excel at controlling optical wavefronts and polarization with a minimum size. Designers need to take into account the diffractive effects such as zeroth order and spectral shifts.
In this seminar we’ll show how to design metaoptical systems from single meta-atoms to systems of multiple metasurfaces. The wave effects of sub-wavelength structure on imaging and other system performance is modeled by multi-scale simulations. Simultaneously process design kits, PDKs, allow for direct manufacturer compatible metalens design. These developments mean that leveraging the strengths of flat and compact metaoptics is now broadly accessible.
MetaOptics Design: From Single Surfaces to Co-Optimized Systems
Date: 18 November 2026
Time: 17:35 CET
