Axicon is a versatile optical element for forming a zero-order Bessel beam, including high-
power laser radiation schemes. Nevertheless, it has drawbacks such as the produced …

Traditional optical components and most artificially engineered structures (metamaterials)
used for light manipulation are usually designed for narrow bandwidth and limited …

We demonstrate transmission-based all-dielectric, highly efficient (≈ 73.4%) and
polarization-insensitive meta-axicons (for the visible wavelength of 633 nm) to generate zero …

Over the past few decades, remarkable breakthroughs and progress have been achieved in
ultrafast laser processing technology. Notably, the remarkable high-aspect-ratio processing …

Bessel laser beams generated by an axicon lens were used for the fabrication of
hierarchical concentric surface patterns onto azobenzene molecular glass thin films. The …

Optical hollow beams are suitable for materials processing, optical micromanipulation,
microscopy, and optical lithography. However, conventional optical hollow beams are …

A review of recent progress in optical recording of surface relief structures in the films of two
classes of photoresponsive non-crystalline materials (azobenzene-containing polymers and …

Optoacoustic microscopy faces a restricted depth of field attributed to the tightly focused
Gaussian beam excitation. This limitation poses challenges in capturing high-resolution …

The tight focusing properties of spirally polarized sinh-Gaussian beam is investigated
numerically by vector diffraction theory. Results show that the optical intensity in focal region …

A novel hybrid method that combines the laser-focused atomic deposition (LFAD) and
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) interference lithography has been introduced. The Cr grating …