Introduction to Freeware Metalens Design Tools and Methods

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Each metamaterial composing of the designed metalens is tightly controlled in its design for high transmission and phase distribution of scattered lights at each location required for the lens equation. This work covers design methods on how to simply find optimized individual metamaterials, and how to easily acquire metalens simulation results at 633 nm of an operating wavelength on freeware simulators, the MAXIM and SMD tools. Photonics/optics Metamaterials Metalens Subwavelength Freeware MAXIM RCWA SMD Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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