Summary
This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Fast-Track project aims to bring polarization-controlled metasurfaces into real-world use. Metasurfaces are ultra-thin materials made with tiny structures that can shape and control light in ways traditional lenses cannot. These ultra-thin surfaces can control light in special ways and improve how machines and cameras see, helping with cancer detection, eye imaging, electronics inspection, self-driving cars, environmental monitoring, and defense. They can also speed up internet and phone networks by allowing more data to pass through at once, whi