Diffractive optical elements 75 years on: from micro-optics to metasurfaces

Q Zhang, Z He, Z **e, Q Tan, Y Sheng, G **… - Photonics …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are intricately designed devices with the purpose of
manipulating light fields by precisely modifying their wavefronts. The concept of DOEs has …

Controlled generation of mode-switchable nanosecond pulsed vector vortex beams from a Q-switched fiber laser

Y Hu, Z Ma, W Zhao, J Zhao, J Liu, Q **g, J Dou… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We reported and demonstrated a ring Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser that can
generate mode-switchable nanosecond pulsed vector vortex beams between two different …

Utilizing multiplexing of structured THz beams carrying orbital-angular-momentum for high-capacity communications

H Zhou, X Su, A Minoofar, R Zhang, K Zou, H Song… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Structured electromagnetic (EM) waves have been explored in various frequency regimes to
enhance the capacity of communication systems by multiplexing multiple co-propagating …

Superfast and sub-wavelength orbital rotation of plasmonic particles in focused Gaussian beams

LM Zhou, X Zhu, Y Zheng, L Wang, C Huang… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The use of nanophotonics for optical manipulation has continuously attracted interest in both
fundamental research and practical applications, due to its significantly enhanced …

Depolarization of vector light beams on propagation in free space

N Petrov - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonparaxial propagation of the vector vortex light beams in free space was investigated
theoretically. Propagation-induced polarization changes in vector light beams with different …

Full-duplex cylindrical vector beam multiplexing communication using spin-dependent phase modulation metasurfaces

Q Zeng, J Wang, H Huang, H Wu, J Ren, L Nong… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Cylindrical vector beam (CVB) has recently gained attention as a promising carrier for signal
multiplexing owing to its mode orthogonality. However, the full-duplex multiplexing …

Rotational object detection at noncoaxial light incidence based on the rotational Doppler effect

S Qiu, Y Ding, T Liu, Z Liu, Y Ren - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The rotational Doppler effect (RDE) of optical vortex which can be used to detect the rotation
speed, has become a well-known phenomenon and a hot topic of research in recent years …

Polarized deep diffractive neural network for sorting, generation, multiplexing, and de-multiplexing of orbital angular momentum modes

J Zhang, Z Ye, J Yin, L Lang, S Jiao - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The multiplexing and de-multiplexing of orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams are critical
issues in optical communication. Optical diffractive neural networks have been introduced to …

Radial-mode sensitive probe beam in the rotational Doppler effect

Z Guo, Z Chang, Y Zhang, G Ma, X Zhu, J Jia… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The rotational Doppler effect (RDE) attracts much attention in various research areas, from
acoustics to optics. The observation of RDE mostly depends on the orbital angular …

Compact implementation of high-dimensional mutually partially unbiased bases protocol

Z Chang, Y Wang, Z Guo, M An, R Qu… - Quantum Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Transverse spatial mode of light is crucial in high-dimensional quantum key distribution
(QKD). However, applications in realistic scenarios suffer from mode-dependent loss and …