MEMS-metasurface Based Tunable Optical Vortex Lasers for smart free-space communication

Novel technologies that enhance the capacity of communication networks without consuming extra frequency and time resources are highly desired to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for data transmission capabilities. META-LIFI will develop a breakthrough miniaturized emitter, which is suitable for power-efficient operation, adaptive modulation, and massive production at low cost, serving as an enabling factor for the next generation of smart free-space optical communication and Light-Fidelity (LiFi) Networks. META-LIFI will not only enable breakthrough improvements relative to state-of-the-art modulation of the light in the combination of the miniaturization of Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NOEMS), giving rise to a new class of active metasurfaces, and their integration on a single device, but also will chart a path for high speed, smart free-space communication applications capitalizing on versatile and high-quality vortex beams for exploitation beyond proof-of-concept.