Super-resolution optical microscopy using cylindrical vector beams

M Liu, Y Lei, L Yu, X Fang, Y Ma, L Liu, J Zheng… - …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Super-resolution optical microscopy, which gives access to finer details of objects, is highly
desired for fields of nanomaterial, nanobiology, nanophotonics, etc. Many efforts, including …

Ultralow-loss geometric phase and polarization shaping by ultrafast laser writing in silica glass

M Sakakura, Y Lei, L Wang, YH Yu… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Polarization and geometric phase shaping via a space-variant anisotropy has attracted
considerable interest for fabrication of flat optical elements and generation of vector beams …

Ultrafast laser nanostructuring in transparent materials for beam shaping and data storage

Y Lei, H Wang, G Shayeganrad… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We review recent progress in femtosecond laser anisotropic nanostructuring of transparent
materials, including silica glass and thin films. With different writing parameters, oblate …

Extreme-ultraviolet vector-vortex beams from high harmonic generation

A de las Heras, AK Pandey, J San Román, J Serrano… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Structured light in the short-wavelength regime opens exciting avenues for the study of
ultrafast spin and electronic dynamics. Here, we demonstrate theoretically and …

Optical imaging using orbital angular momentum: interferometry, holography and microscopy

J Zeng, Y Dong, Y Wang, J Zhang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Light with helical phase wavefront carries orbital angular momentum, a unique feature
widening the horizon of optical imaging applicability. Here, we take particular interest in the …

Segmented cylindrical vector beams for massively-encoded optical data storage

M Xian, Y Xu, X Ouyang, Y Cao, S Lan, X Li - Science bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
The possibility to achieve unprecedented multiplexing of light-matter interaction in
nanoscale is of virtue importance from both fundamental science and practical application …

Extreme ultraviolet vector beams driven by infrared lasers

C Hernández-García, A Turpin, J San Román, A Picón… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Vector beams, beams with a non-uniform state of polarization, have become an
indispensable tool in many areas of science and technology. Harnessing topological light …

[PDF][PDF] Cylindrical vector beams reveal radiationless anapole condition in a resonant state

Y Lu, Y Xu, X Ouyang, M Xian, Y Cao… - Opto-Electronic …, 2022 - researching.cn
Nonscattering optical anapole condition is corresponding to the excitation of radiationless
field distributions in open resonators, which offers new degrees of freedom for tailoring light …

Generation of complex vector and vortex extreme ultraviolet beams using the S-waveplate and spiral phase plate during high-order harmonics generation in argon

V Kärcher, VV Kim, ANK Reddy, H Zacharias… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the generation of vector and vortex high-order harmonic beams in argon using the
femtosecond laser pulses propagated through the phase-modifying optical elements (S …

Optimally chiral light: Upper bound of helicity density of structured light for chirality detection of matter at nanoscale

M Hanifeh, M Albooyeh, F Capolino - ACS Photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
We introduce the universal upper bound of helicity density, which is the maximum helicity
light can have at a given light energy density. Helicity maximization as discussed here is …