[HTML][HTML] Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics

LL Ma, CY Li, JT Pan, YE Ji, C Jiang, R Zheng… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Self-assembled architectures of soft matter have fascinated scientists for centuries due to
their unique physical properties originated from controllable orientational and/or positional …

Multidimensional phase singularities in nanophotonics

J Ni, C Huang, LM Zhou, M Gu, Q Song, Y Kivshar… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Optical vortices provide one of the promising solutions for enhancing the
capacity of data multiplexing to meet an unprecedented growth in big data and internet traffic …

Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics

Y Chen, W Du, Q Zhang, O Ávalos-Ovando… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoscopic chiroptics studies the spin-dependent asymmetric light–matter interactions at
the nanoscale, where the asymmetry can stem from the intrinsic properties of materials …

Recent advances on high‐speed and holographic two‐photon direct laser writing

A Balena, M Bianco, F Pisanello… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐Photon Lithography, thanks to its very high sub‐diffraction resolution, has
become the lithographic technique par excellence in applications requiring small feature …

[HTML][HTML] Light-triggered multi-joint microactuator fabricated by two-in-one femtosecond laser writing

C Xin, Z Ren, L Zhang, L Yang, D Wang, Y Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Inspired by the flexible joints of humans, actuators containing soft joints have been
developed for various applications, including soft grippers, artificial muscles, and wearable …

[HTML][HTML] Bessel beam: Significance and applications—A progressive review

SN Khonina, NL Kazanskiy, SV Karpeev, MA Butt - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diffraction is a phenomenon related to the wave nature of light and arises when a
propagating wave comes across an obstacle. Consequently, the wave can be transformed in …

[HTML][HTML] Phyllotaxis-inspired nanosieves with multiplexed orbital angular momentum

Z Jin, D Janoschka, J Deng, L Ge, P Dreher, B Frank… - ELight, 2021 - Springer
Nanophotonic platforms such as metasurfaces, achieving arbitrary phase profiles within
ultrathin thickness, emerge as miniaturized, ultracompact and kaleidoscopic optical vortex …

Carbon‐based photothermal actuators

B Han, YL Zhang, QD Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in
intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spatiotemporal vortices

C Wan, A Chong, Q Zhan - eLight, 2023 - Springer
Spatiotemporal vortices of light, featuring transverse orbital angular momentum (OAM) and
energy circulation in the spatiotemporal domain, have received increasing attention recently …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on spatiotemporal light fields

Y Shen, Q Zhan, LG Wright, DN Christodoulides… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Spatiotemporal sculpturing of light pulse with ultimately sophisticated structures represents a
major goal of the everlasting pursue of ultra-fast information transmission and processing as …