Abstract

Aberration-free flat lenses can be created by introducing phase discontinuities with hyperboloidal distribution on a metasurface. These lenses are able to focus light without aberration under axial illumination but suffer from serious aberration in cases of oblique incidence. Here we introduce a simple design, including an aperture stop and a flat lens with a modified phase distribution that has negligible aberration for incident angles in the range of $-40°$ to 40°. With this design, diffraction-limited imaging systems can be created for a wide incident angle range without the need for complex lens systems.

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