Nonlinear spin-orbit coupling in optical thin films

D de Ceglia, L Coudrat, I Roland, MA Vincenti… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tunable generation of vortex beams holds relevance in various fields, including
communications and sensing. In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of nonlinear spin …

Observation of a triangular-lattice pattern in nonlinear wave mixing with optical vortices

BP da Silva, GH dos Santos, AG de Oliveira… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Preparation, control, and measurement of optical vortices are increasingly important, as they
play essential roles in both fundamental science and optical technology applications. Spatial …

Radial-angular coupling in self-phase-modulation with structured light

MG de Oliveira, LJ Pereira, AS Santos, K Dechoum… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
In this work we study the evolution of an optical vortex undergoing self-phase modulation
inside a nonlinear Kerr medium. The intensity-dependent phase evolution couples the …

Poincaré-sphere symmetries in four-wave mixing with orbital angular momentum

MRL da Motta, GB Alves, AZ Khoury, SS Vianna - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We explore a degenerate four-wave mixing process induced by transversely structured light
beams in a rubidium vapor cell. In particular, we consider the nonlinear interaction driven by …

Stimulated emission tomography for efficient characterization of spatial entanglement

Y Xu, S Choudhary, RW Boyd - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Stimulated-emission tomography (SET) is an excellent tool for characterizing the process of
spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC), which is commonly used to create pairs …

Frequency-astigmatism asymmetric nonlinear conversion of structured light lasers

J Pan, H Wang, Z Shi, Y Shen, X Fu, Q Liu - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Nonlinear optics of structured light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) has recently
led to intriguing fundamental physical effects in light–matter interactions and advanced …

Spatio-Spectral Quantum State Estimation of Photon Pairs from Optical Fiber Using Stimulated Emission

DB Kim, X Hu, AB U'Ren, K Garay-Palmett… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Developing a quantum light source that carries more than one bit per photon is pivotal for
expanding quantum information applications. Characterizing a high-dimensional multiple …

Helical phase modulation via four-wave mixing in a graphene system

C Kong, Z Wang, B Yu - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
We propose a scheme that transfers the helical phase information of the orbital angular
momentum (OAM) light—via a graphene system—to the generated four-wave mixing (FWM) …

High-fidelity parametric amplification of Ince–Gaussian beams

D Yan, Z Zhong, T Qi, H Chen, W Gao - Chinese Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Ince–Gaussian (IG) beams, as eigenfunctions of the paraxial wave equation in elliptical
coordinates, are attracting increasing interest owing to their propagation-invariant and full …