Creation and detection of optical modes with spatial light modulators

A Forbes, A Dudley, M McLaren - Advances in optics and photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
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 …

Spatiotemporal mode-locking and dissipative solitons in multimode fiber lasers

B Cao, C Gao, K Liu, X Xiao, C Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Multimode fiber (MMF) lasers are emerging as a remarkable testbed to study nonlinear
spatiotemporal physics with potential applications spanning from high energy pulse …

Diffraction-engineered holography: Beyond the depth representation limit of holographic displays

D Yang, W Seo, H Yu, SI Kim, B Shin, CK Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Holography is one of the most prominent approaches to realize true-to-life reconstructions of
objects. However, owing to the limited resolution of spatial light modulators compared to …

Pixelated phase computer holograms for the accurate encoding of scalar complex fields

V Arrizón, U Ruiz, R Carrada, LA González - JOSA A, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We discuss a class of phase computer-generated holograms for the encoding of arbitrary
scalar complex fields. We describe two holograms of this class that allow high quality …

Complete shaping of optical vector beams

Z Chen, T Zeng, B Qian, J Ding - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate the complete and simultaneous modulation of
the amplitude, phase and arbitrary state of polarization of optical beams. Based on a 4-f …

Computational holographic Maxwellian near-eye display with an expanded eyebox

C Chang, W Cui, J Park, L Gao - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The Maxwellian near-eye displays have attracted growing interest in various applications.
By using a confined pupil, a Maxwellian display presents an all-in-focus image to the viewer …

Generation and characterization of an array of Airy-vortex beams

RAB Suarez, AAR Neves, MRR Gesualdi - Optics Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the experimental generation and analysis of both the intensity and phase of an
optical vortex beam originating from a superposition of Airy-vortex beams. A new theoretical …

Experimental demonstration of tunable refractometer based on orbital angular momentum of longitudinally structured light

AH Dorrah, M Zamboni-Rached… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
The index of refraction plays a decisive role in the design and classification of optical
materials and devices; therefore, its proper and accurate determination is essential. In most …

Generation and decomposition of scalar and vector modes carrying orbital angular momentum: a review

S Pachava, R Dharmavarapu… - Optical …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Orbital angular momentum (OAM), one of the most recently discovered degrees of freedom
of light beam field has fundamentally revolutionized optical physics and its technological …

Direct amplitude-only hologram realized by broken symmetry

D Yang, HS Lee - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Holographic displays have been a long-standing ambition for decades to realize true-to-life
reconstruction. However, their practical adoption is hindered by their subpar image quality …