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 …

Optical metrology is a well-established subject, dating back to early interferometry
techniques utilizing light's linear momentum through fringes. In recent years, significant …

Structured light refers to the generation and application of custom light fields. As the tools
and technology to create and detect structured light have evolved, steadily the applications …

The pace of innovations in the field of optical trap** has ramped up in the past couple of
years. The implementation of structured light, leading to groundbreaking inventions such as …

In recent decades, metasurfaces have attracted considerable interest to generate vortex
beams, that is, orbital angular momentum (OAM) carrying beams. However, the existing …

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light has attracted a great amount of interest in
recent times, due to the wide variety of applications it has made possible. Generally, the …

Transmissive and reflective metasurfaces have been extensively studied for generating an
orbital angular momentum (OAM)-carrying beam. However, the existing OAM generators …

The well‐known linear Doppler effect arises from the linear motion between source and
observer, while the less well‐known rotational Doppler effect arises from the rotational …

Optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) have attracted increasing interest
in recent years. Optical vortices have seen a variety of emerging applications in optical …

Complex vector light fields, characterized by their nonuniform transverse polarization
distribution, offer a versatile solution for various applications. This study presents an …