Operation of polarization order of vector beams with cascaded metasurfaces

Metasurface is an effective tool for smanipulating optical wave and can be used to generate vector beams. In this work, we propose a method to realize the operation of the polarization order of vector beams with cascaded metasurfaces. Employing Jones calculation, we theoretically analyze the transformation of cascaded metasurfaces for linearly polarized incident light. The results show that two directly cascaded metasurfaces can realize the subtraction operation of polarization order of vector beam. When a half-wave plate is inserted between the two metasurfaces, the addition operation of polarization order can be achieved. Lastly, verification experiments are performed. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.