Optical trapping describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-
objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trapping with a single beam, this is …

Vector beams, and in particular vector vortex beams, have found many applications in recent
times, both as classical fields and as quantum states. While much attention has focused on …

The angular momentum of light can be described by positions on a higher-order Poincaré
sphere, where superpositions of spin and orbital angular momentum states give rise to laser …

An overview of the recent developments in the field of cylindrical vector beams is provided.
As one class of spatially variant polarization, cylindrical vector beams are the axially …

In this article, we review recent developments in the field of surface electromagnetic wave
holography. The holography principle is used as a tool to solve an inverse engineering …

We experimentally demonstrate for the first time that a radially polarized field can be focused
to a spot size significantly smaller [0.16 (1) λ 2] than for linear polarization (0.26 λ 2). The …

Cylindrical-vector beams are of increasing recent interest for their role in novel laser
resonators and their applications to electron acceleration and scanning microscopy. In this …

We demonstrate that a strong longitudinal, nonpropagating field is generated at the focus of
a radially polarized beam mode. This field is localized in space and its energy density …

It is probably fair to say that the development and wide commercial availability of the
confocal microscope have been one of the most signi cant advances in light microscopy in …

We present a robust interferometric method to generate arbitrary vector beam modes by
diffracting a Gaussian laser beam from a spatial light modulator consisting of a high …