Structured light is derived from the ability to tailor light, usually referring to the spatial control
of its amplitude, phase, and polarization. Although a venerable topic that dates back to the …

Customizing the output beam shape from a laser invariably involves specialized optical
elements in the form of apertures, diffractive optics and free-form mirrors. Such optics require …

This text examines the technology behind the plethora of modern industrial and domestic
technologies which incorporate micro-optics eg. CDs, cameras, automated manufacturing …

Spatiotemporal sculpturing of light pulses with sophisticated structures on demand is one
major goal of the everlasting pursuit of ultrafast information transmission and processing as …

The first article by Turunen and Friberg deals with a class of fields with propagation-invariant
properties such as the optical intensity distribution. Coherent and partially coherent …

Metasurface optics is a promising candidate for realizing the next generation of miniaturized
optical components. Unlike refractive optics, these devices modify light over a wavelength …

In this volume, six review articles which cover a broad range of topics of current interest in
modern optics are included. The first article by S. Saltiel, AA Sukhorukov and YS Kivshar …

The unwanted zero-order light accompanied by the birth of diffractive optical elements and
caused mainly by fabrication errors and wavelength variations is a key factor that …

This paper describes the continuing advances in laser resonators and optical beam
propagation that emerged in the decades following the 1960s, growing out of the …

An optical microscope enables image-based findings and diagnosis on microscopic targets,
which is indispensable in many scientific, industrial and medical settings. A standard …