Spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in dielectric metasurfaces

RC Devlin, A Ambrosio, D Wintz, SL Oscurato… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Vortex beams are characterized by a helical wavefront and a phase singularity point on the
propagation axis that results in a doughnut-like intensity profile. These beams carry orbital …

Geometric metasurface fork gratings for vortex‐beam generation and manipulation

S Chen, Y Cai, G Li, S Zhang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, optical vortex beams possessing orbital angular momentum have received
much attention due to their potential for high‐capacity optical communications. This …

Generating and separating twisted light by gradient–rotation split-ring antenna metasurfaces

J Zeng, L Li, X Yang, J Gao - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale compact optical vortex generators promise substantially significant prospects in
modern optics and photonics, leading to many advances in sensing, imaging, quantum …

Optical spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in ultra-thin metasurfaces with arbitrary topological charges

F Bouchard, I De Leon, SA Schulz, J Upham… - Applied physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Orbital angular momentum associated with the helical phase-front of optical beams provides
an unbounded “space” for both classical and quantum communications. Among the different …

All‐dielectric metasurface for manipulating the superpositions of orbital angular momentum via spin‐decoupling

C Zheng, G Wang, J Li, J Li, S Wang… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vortex beams, carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), have plenty of applications
ranging from particle manipulation to high‐capacity data transmissions. In particular, the …

Arbitrary spin-to–orbital angular momentum conversion of light

RC Devlin, A Ambrosio, NA Rubin, JPB Mueller… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Optical elements that convert the spin angular momentum (SAM) of light into vortex beams
have found applications in classical and quantum optics. These elements—SAM-to–orbital …

High efficiency focusing vortex generation and detection with polarization-insensitive dielectric metasurfaces

K Ou, G Li, T Li, H Yang, F Yu, J Chen, Z Zhao, G Cao… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The optical vortex beam with an orbital angular momentum, featuring a doughnut intensity
distribution and a helically structured wavefront, has received extensive attention due to its …

Dielectric metasurface zone plate for the generation of focusing vortex beams

Y Hu, X Liu, M Jin, Y Tang, X Zhang, KF Li, Y Zhao, G Li… - PhotoniX, 2021 - Springer
Vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum have important applications in high
dimensional optical information processing, manipulations of tiny particles, super-resolution …

Broadband generation of perfect Poincaré beams via dielectric spin-multiplexed metasurface

M Liu, P Huo, W Zhu, C Zhang, S Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The term Poincaré beam, which describes the space-variant polarization of a light beam
carrying spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM), plays an …

Generation of perfect vortex beams by dielectric geometric metasurface for visible light

Q Zhou, M Liu, W Zhu, L Chen, Y Ren… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A perfect vortex beam (PVB) is a propagating optical field carrying orbital angular
momentum (OAM) with a radial intensity profile that is independent of topological charge …