Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

Liu, Sheng; Shu, Qi; Zhang, Yi; Li, Peng; Wu, Dongjing; Han, Lei; Zhao, Jianlin

doi:10.1364/prj.6.000228

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“…Experimentally, the complex beams described above can be generated in a wide variety of ways, which include interferometric arrays, [94][95][96] glass cones, 97,98 liquid crystal wave plates, 99,100 metamaterials, 101 spatial light modulators (SLMs), [102][103][104][105] and, in recent time, digital micromirror devices (DMDs). [106][107][108] Noteworthily, SLMs enable the generation of complex 2D and 3D shaped light beam patterns, which have significantly advanced the configurable optical trapping of particles.…”

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Optical trapping with structured light: a review

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Optical trapping describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trapping with a single beam, this is termed optical tweezers. Optical tweezers are a powerful and noninvasive tool for manipulating small objects, and have become indispensable in many fields, including physics, biology, soft condensed matter, among others. In the early days, optical trapping was typically accomplished with a single Gaussian beam. In recent years, we have witnessed rapid progress in the use of structured light beams with customized phase, amplitude, and polarization in optical trapping. Unusual beam properties, such as phase singularities on-axis and propagation invariant nature, have opened up novel capabilities to the study of micromanipulation in liquid, air, and vacuum. We summarize the recent advances in the field of optical trapping using structured light beams.

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Optical trapping with structured light: a review

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“…Depending upon the requirement, either one or more of the above parameters are customized and controlled. [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] Structuring the phase of light requires an optical element possessing a thickness or refractive index modulation or both. 42 A higher thickness/refractive index results in a longer optical path, whereas lower values result in shorter optical paths.…”

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Generation and decomposition of scalar and vector modes carrying orbital angular momentum: a review

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Orbital angular momentum (OAM), one of the most recently discovered degrees of freedom of light beam field has fundamentally revolutionized optical physics and its technological capabilities. Optical beams with OAM have enabled a large variety of applications, including super-resolution imaging, optical trapping, classical and quantum optical communication, and quantum computing, to mention a few. To enable these and several other emerging applications, optical beams with OAM have been generated using a variety of methods and technologies, such as a simple astigmatic lens pair, one-/two-dimensional holographic optical elements, threedimensional spiral phase plates, optical fibers, and recent entrants such as metasurfaces. All these techniques achieve spatial light modulation and can be implemented with either passive elements or active devices, such as liquid crystal on silicon and digital micromirror devices. Many of these devices and technologies are not only used for the generation of amplitude phase-polarization structured light beams but are also capable of analyzing them. We have attempted to encompass a wide variety of such technologies as well as a few emerging methodologies, broadly categorized into generation and detection protocols. We address the needs of scientists and engineers who desire to generate/detect OAM modes and are looking for the technique (active or passive) best suited for their application. © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.

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“…Yet, more than 75% of the photons will be lost due to a double passed beam splitter, and moreover, the calcite made Wollaston prism reduced the beam quality. Recently, Liu et al [16] reported that using two polarizing Sagnac loops as tunable beam displacers and a phase-only SLM realized an arbitrary vector mode generation with a 47% conversion efficiency. This setup, however, is not compact enough as a SOC module for quantum optical experiments, and they did not demonstrate the generation of propagation invariant modes via this device.…”

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Heralded Generation of Vectorially Structured Photons With a High Purity

Zhu

et al. 2021

Front. Phys.

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Engineering vector spatial modes of photons is an important approach for manipulating high-dimension photonic states in various quantum optical experiments. In this work, we demonstrate the generation of heralded single photons with well-defined vector spatial modes by using a self-stable polarizing interferometer comprising a spatial light modulator. Specifically, it is shown that, by carefully tailoring and compensating the spatial and temporal amplitudes of manipulated photons, one can exactly convert ultrafast single photons into desired spin-orbit states with an extremely high purity. This compact and robust device provides a versatile way for not only the generation, but also the manipulation and characterization of arbitrary photonic spin-orbit states.

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Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

Cited by 134 publications

References 52 publications

Optical trapping with structured light: a review

Optical trapping with structured light: a review

Generation and decomposition of scalar and vector modes carrying orbital angular momentum: a review

Heralded Generation of Vectorially Structured Photons With a High Purity

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