US 12,078,780 B2
Optical hybrid lens, method for manufacturing the same, and apparatus employing the same
Seaum Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyunsung Park, Suwon-si (KR); Seunghoon Han, Seoul (KR); and Hyeonsoo Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,387.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0120028 (KR), filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082794 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 13/003 (2013.01) [G02B 1/002 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical hybrid lens comprising:
a refractive lens comprising a curved lens surface;
a metalens comprising at least one metasurface formed on the curved lens surface to follow the curved lens surface of the refractive lens; and
an adhesive layer between the curved lens surface of the refractive lens and the metalens,
wherein the at least one metasurface comprises a plurality of metasurfaces, each of the plurality of metasurfaces comprising a plurality of nanostructures having a dimension of a sub wavelength of incident light,
wherein the metalens further comprises a dielectric layer between adjacent metasurfaces of the plurality of metasurfaces, and
wherein each metasurface of the plurality of metasurfaces comprises:
a plurality of first nanostructures, each first nanostructure of the plurality of first nanostructures comprising a high refractive index column surrounded by a first material having a low refractive index; or
a plurality of second nanostructures, each second nanostructure of the plurality of second nanostructures comprising a low refractive index column surrounded by a second material having a high refractive index.