Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

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 …

High-dimensional biphoton states are promising resources for quantum applications,
ranging from high-dimensional quantum communications to quantum imaging. A pivotal task …

Structured light has become topical of late, where controlling light in all its degrees of
freedom has offered novel states of light long predicted, enhanced functionality in …

Knots are topological structures describing how a looped thread can be arranged in space.
Although most familiar as knotted material filaments, it is also possible to create knots in …

Quantum tomography is currently ubiquitous for testing any implementation of a quantum
information processing device. Various sophisticated procedures for state and process …

Structured light is attracting significant attention for its diverse applications in both classical
and quantum optics. The so-called vector vortex beams display peculiar properties in both …

Optical knots and links have attracted great attention because of their exotic topological
characteristics. Recent investigations have shown that the information encoding based on …

We report a technique for encoding both amplitude and phase variations onto a laser beam
using a single digital micro-mirror device (DMD). Using this technique, we generate …

Spatial structure of a light beam is an important degree of freedom to be extensively
explored. By designing simple configurations with phase-only spatial light modulators …