Meta-optics is a new disruptive technology that didn't even exist a few years ago.

The technology has the potential to revolutionize many industries, including communications, robotics and health care. It involves the manipulation of light on the nanoscale using specially designed structures called metasurfaces.

Metasurfaces are collections of tiny elements that can be engineered to modify light in various ways, such as controlling its phase or polarization in order to create desired optical effects.

The potential applications of meta-optics include ultrafast optical switching and storage devices; high-resolution imaging systems; integration into robots with vision capabilities; noninvasive medical diagnostics; energy harvesting and optical communications systems.

In addition, meta-optics could be used to optimize solar cells for improved efficiency and reliability or to reduce eye strain from displays by changing their appearance depending on viewing angles.

Meta-optics is an emerging field due to recent advances in fabrication methods for metasurfaces and the development of new materials which can better interact with light at the nanoscale level than ever before. This will likely spur further research as well as commercialization efforts as businesses seek out ways to capitalize on this new technology's potential benefits.