Longitudinally continuous varying high-order cylindrical vector fields enabled by spin-decoupled metasurfaces

The manipulation of vector optical fields in three-dimensional (3D) space plays a vital role in both fundamental research and practical implementations of polarization optics. However, existing studies mostly focus on 3D vector optical fields with limited modes. Here, an approach of spin-decoupled s...

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發表在:Nanophotonics
Main Authors: He Xinye, Bao Hanlin, Zhang Fei, Kang Tongtong, Pu Mingbo, Chen Yan, Guo Yinghui, Gong Jintao, Xu Mingfeng, Luo Xiangang
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語言:英语
出版: Wiley 2024-03-01
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在線閱讀:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0008
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總結:The manipulation of vector optical fields in three-dimensional (3D) space plays a vital role in both fundamental research and practical implementations of polarization optics. However, existing studies mostly focus on 3D vector optical fields with limited modes. Here, an approach of spin-decoupled spatial partitioning is proposed to generate complex 3D vector optical fields with a customizable number of modes on demand. The crosstalk among different modes is effectively suppressed by the decoupling capability of asymmetric photonic spin–orbit interactions (PSOIs) and the design of region displacement for opposite spin states. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, a metasurface is designed to generate longitudinally varying high-order cylindrical vector fields, ranging from the 2nd to the 10th order in even sequences along the propagation direction. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of our approach to enabling precise control of 3D vector optical fields with arbitrary mode combinations. This work holds promising applications in biophotonics, quantum optics, and communications.
ISSN:2192-8614