Double Honors for Qiu Min's Team at Westlake University: Consecutive Accolades in Optical Technology
Breakthrough Silicon Carbide Metalens Technology Recognized with Two National Awards
In May 2025, the groundbreaking achievement titled "4H-SiC Metalens: Mitigating Thermal Drift Effect in High-power Laser Irradiation" by Professor Min Qiu’s team at Westlake University was selected for two prestigious authoritative lists:
China's Top 10 Optical Industry Technologies (Optics Category) of 2024
China's Top 10 Advances in Metamaterials (Technological Innovation Category)
This innovation introduces a silicon carbide-based metalens. Leveraging a mass fabrication process for large-area, high-aspect-ratio nanostructure and referencing the optical specifications of commercial objective lenses, the team successfully designed and produced a large numerical aperture metalens. This metalens combines exceptional thermal management capabilities with miniaturization advantages, enabling stable suppression of thermal drift under high-power laser irradiation. It provides a novel material platform for micro-nano optical devices.
The primary contributing institutions for this achievement include: Westlake University, Moldnano (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., Westlake University Institute of Optoelectronics, and Jihua Laboratory.
China's Top 10 Optical Industry Technologies (Optics Category) of 2024
China's Top 10 Advances in Metamaterials (Technological Innovation Category)
