[HTML][HTML] Shaping a subwavelength needle with ultra-long focal length by focusing azimuthally polarized light

F Qin, K Huang, J Wu, J Jiao, X Luo, C Qiu, M Hong - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Flat optics, which could planarize and miniaturize the traditional optical elements, possesses
the features of extremely low profile and high integration for advanced manipulation of light …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient full-path optical calculation of scalar and vector diffraction using the Bluestein method

Y Hu, Z Wang, X Wang, S Ji, C Zhang, J Li… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Efficient calculation of the light diffraction in free space is of great significance for tracing
electromagnetic field propagation and predicting the performance of optical systems such as …

Exploiting the circular polarization of light to obtain a spiral energy flow at the subwavelength focus

VV Kotlyar, AG Nalimov, SS Stafeev - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Using Richards–Wolf formulas, we show analytically that when strongly focusing a circularly
polarized axisymmetric non-vortex field (eg, a Gaussian beam or zero-order Bessel …

Creating multiple ultra-long longitudinal magnetization textures by strongly focusing azimuthally polarized circular Airy vortex beams

Z Nie, Z Ning, X Liu, Y Zhang, H Wang, E Cao… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We come up with a simple feasible scheme for the creation of multiple ultra-long longitudinal
magnetization textures. This is realized by directly strongly focusing azimuthally polarized …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional super-resolution longitudinal magnetization spot arrays

ZQ Nie, H Lin, XF Liu, AP Zhai, YT Tian… - Light: science & …, 2017 - nature.com
We demonstrate an all-optical strategy for realizing spherical three-dimensional (3D) super-
resolution (∼ λ 3/22) spot arrays of pure longitudinal magnetization by exploiting a 4π …

Super-resolved pure-transverse focal fields with an enhanced energy density through focus of an azimuthally polarized first-order vortex beam

X Li, P Venugopalan, H Ren, M Hong, M Gu - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on the experimental demonstration of super-resolved pure-transverse focal fields
through focusing an azimuthally polarized first-order vortex (FOV) beam. The optimized …

Achievement and steering of light-induced sub-wavelength longitudinal magnetization chain

Z Nie, W Ding, G Shi, D Li, X Zhang, Y Wang… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The light-induced magnetization distributions for a high numerical aperture focusing
configuration with an azimuthally polarized Bessel-Gaussian beam modulated by optimized …

Spherical and sub-wavelength longitudinal magnetization generated by 4π tightly focusing radially polarized vortex beams

Z Nie, W Ding, D Li, X Zhang, Y Wang, Y Song - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Based on the vector diffraction theory and the inverse Faraday effect, we numerically study
the light-induced magnetization near the focus of a 4π high numerical aperture focusing …

Three-dimensional modulations on the states of polarization of light fields

P Li, D Wu, S Liu, Y Zhang, X Guo, S Qi, Y Li… - Chinese Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Light fields with spatially structured states of polarization (SoPs) are gathering increasing
attention because of their potential applications from optical imaging and micromanipulation …

[HTML][HTML] Vector beams with only transverse intensity at focus

SS Stafeev, NN Kazakov, VD Zaitsev, SD Poletayev… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, the tight focusing of vector beams with azimuthal polarization and beams with a
V-line of polarization singularity (sector azimuthal polarization) was simulated numerically …