Modal decomposition of light has been known for a long time, applied mostly to pattern
recognition. With the commercialization of liquid-crystal devices, digital holography as an …

The on-demand tailoring of light's spatial shape is of great relevance in a wide variety of
research areas. Computer-controlled devices, such as spatial light modulators (SLMs) or …

Recent progresses of NMR spectroscopy to the study of liquid crystals and related ordered
systems are surveyed. Particular attention will be devoted to review suitably tailored NMR …

Lasers are useful in many areas of modern society, ranging from communications to
precision manufacturing, to medical diagnostics and surgery. Many of these applications rely …

A real-time complex amplitude reconstruction method for determining the dynamic beam
quality M^ 2 factor based on a Mach–Zehnder self-referencing interferometer wavefront …

Dynamic holography can replace or enhance traditional basic optical functionalities within a
lot of different optical systems. In particular, the possibility of considerably changing the …

A new method for M^2 least-squares fitting using Monte Carlo technique is introduced. The
laser beam parameters and the propagation factor M^2 are calculated according to the ISO …

We present a novel, fast and easy measurement technique to measure the beam
propagation factor M 2 of laser beams using a spatial light modulator (SLM). Two different …

In recent times the search for reliable quantum systems has gained momentum in the pursuit
to establish quantum technologies that surpasses the operational power of their …

The work presented in this thesis focuses on the creation of customised structured light
beams, their analysis, characterisation and application in optical trapping and tweezers. In …