Planar optical elements that can manipulate the multidimensional physical parameters of
light efficiently and compactly are highly sought after in modern optics and nanophotonics. In …

For centuries, humans have never stopped exploring the nature of light and manipulating it,
since light carries multiple information through its intrinsic wave‐particle dualism, including …

Cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) chiral superstructures exhibit unique features; that is,
polychromatic and spin‐determined phase modulation. Here, a concept for digitalized chiral …

Liquid crystal polarization optics based on photoalignment technique has found pervasive
applications in next-generation display platforms like virtual reality and augmented reality. Its …

Novel options for multiplexing, such as orbital angular momentum (OAM), are sought to
satisfy the explosive growth of information capacity. Consequently, spatial phase modulation …

Wavefront control lies at the heart of modern optics. Metasurfaces with specifically tailored
resonators can encode different phases to two orthogonal polarization components, but …

Electronic band structures dictate the mechanical, optical and electrical properties of
crystalline solids. Their experimental determination is therefore crucial for technological …

Liquid crystals are a vital component of modern photonics, and recent studies have
demonstrated the exceptional sensing properties of stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid …

Vector vortex beams (VVBs) have attracted significant attention in both classical and
quantum optics. Liquid crystal (LC), beyond its applications in information display, has …

Controlling the crystallographic orientation of 3D photonic crystals is important as it
determines the behavior of light propagating through the device. Blue phases self-assemble …