Modern types of axicons: New functions and applications

SN Khonina, NL Kazanskiy, PA Khorin, MA Butt - Sensors, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Axicon is a versatile optical element for forming a zero-order Bessel beam, including high-
power laser radiation schemes. Nevertheless, it has drawbacks such as the produced …

OAM beam generation in space and its applications: A review

Y Lian, X Qi, Y Wang, Z Bai, Y Wang, Z Lu - Optics and Lasers in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, vortex beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM) have attracted more
and more attention. The wavefront of the OAM beams is helical, the intensity at the center of …

Iterative Assembly of Atom Arrays with Cavity-Enhanced Optical Lattices

MA Norcia, H Kim, WB Cairncross, M Stone, A Ryou… - PRX Quantum, 2024‏ - APS
Assembling and maintaining large arrays of individually addressable atoms is a key
requirement for continued scaling of neutral-atom-based quantum computers and …

Generation of wavelength-independent subwavelength Bessel beams using metasurfaces

WT Chen, M Khorasaninejad, AY Zhu, J Oh… - Light: Science & …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Bessel beams are of great interest due to their unique non-diffractive properties. Using a
conical prism or an objective paired with an annular aperture are two typical approaches for …

Structured light for ultrafast laser micro-and nanoprocessing

D Flamm, DG Grossmann, M Sailer… - Optical …, 2021‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
The industrial maturity of ultrashort pulsed lasers has triggered the development of a
plethora of material processing strategies. Recently, the combination of these remarkable …

Perspective on light-induced transport of particles: from optical forces to phoretic motion

P Zemánek, G Volpe, A Jonáš… - Advances in Optics and …, 2019‏ - opg.optica.org
Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Tunable Bessel light modes: engineering the axial propagation

T Čižmár, K Dholakia - Optics express, 2009‏ - opg.optica.org
Due to their immunity to diffraction, Bessel light modes potentially offer advantages in
various applications. However, they do exhibit significant intensity variations along their …

Tailoring femtosecond 1.5-μm Bessel beams for manufacturing high-aspect-ratio through-silicon vias

F He, J Yu, Y Tan, W Chu, C Zhou, Y Cheng… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs) are an attractive replacement for
conventional 2D ICs as high-performance, low-power-consumption, and small-footprint …

Improved laser glass cutting by spatio-temporal control of energy deposition using bursts of femtosecond pulses

K Mishchik, R Beuton, O Dematteo Caulier, S Skupin… - Optics …, 2017‏ - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the advantage of combining non-diffractive beam shapes and femtosecond
bursts for volume laser processing of transparent materials. By re-distribution of the single …

Non-ideal axicon-generated Bessel beam application for intra-volume glass modification

J Dudutis, P GeČys, G RaČiukaitis - Optics express, 2016‏ - opg.optica.org
The extended focal depth of Bessel beams is a very attracting property for glass cutting
applications. However, Bessel beam generation with a non-ideal conical lens induces beam …