Optical trap** describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-
objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trap** with a single beam, this is …

Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Vector vortex beams (VVBs) possess ubiquitous applications from particle trap** to
quantum information. Recently, the bulky optical devices for generating VVBs have been …

Vector vortex beams have attracted considerable research attention owing to their unique
optical properties, and have been explored in vortex filtering, photon entanglement, and the …

An optical vortex having an isolated point singularity is associated with the spatial structure
of light waves. A polarization vortex (vector beam) with a polarization singularity has …

Vector beams, and in particular vector vortex beams, have found many applications in recent
times, both as classical fields and as quantum states. While much attention has focused on …

The polarization singularity in momentum space has recently been discovered as a new
class of topological signatures of Bloch modes in photonic crystal slabs concerning the far …

Optical coherence is a fundamental characteristic of light that plays a significant role in
understanding interference, propagation, light–matter interaction, and other fundamental …

Optical trap** and manipulation of micrometre-sized particles was first reported in 1970.
Since then, it has been successfully implemented in two size ranges: the subnanometre …

An overview of the recent developments in the field of cylindrical vector beams is provided.
As one class of spatially variant polarization, cylindrical vector beams are the axially …