ZrO₂ Holographic Metasurfaces for Efficient Optical Trapping in The Visible Range

Abstract Holographic Metasurfaces (HMs) in the visible range enable advanced imaging applications in compact, planarized systems. The ability to control and structure light with high accuracy and a high degree of freedom is particularly relevant in lab‐on‐chip biophotonic applications. Pushing the operation wavelength into the blue region and below is an open challenge. Here, it is demonstrated that Zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂) metasurfaces (MSs) are particularly well‐suited to satisfy these requirements. Specifically, MSs are designed for optical trapping applications with a high numerical aperture (NA = 1.2) at a wavelength as low as 488 nm, with trap stiffness >200 pN (µmW)⁻¹.