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Zhao X, Wang J, Liu W, Che Z, Wang X, Chan CT, Shi L, Zi J. Spin-Orbit-Locking Chiral Bound States in the Continuum. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:036201. [PMID: 39094160 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.036201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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Bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are confined optical modes exhibiting infinite quality factors and carrying topological polarization configurations in momentum space, have recently sparked significant interest across both fundamental and applied physics. Here, we show that breaking time-reversal symmetry by an external magnetic field enables a new form of chiral BICs with spin-orbit locking. Applying a magnetic field to a magneto-optical photonic crystal slab lifts doubly degenerate BICs into a pair of chiral BICs carrying opposite pseudospins and orbital angular momenta. Multipole analysis verifies the nonzero angular momenta and reveals the spin-orbital-locking behaviors. In momentum space, we observe ultrahigh quality factors and near-circular polarization surrounding chiral BICs, enabling potential applications in spin-selective nanophotonics. Compared to conventional BICs, the magnetically induced chiral BICs revealed here exhibit distinct properties and origins, significantly advancing the topological photonics of BICs by incorporating broken time-reversal symmetry.
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- Xingqi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Institute for Nanoelectronic devices and Quantum computing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro- and Nano-Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Institute for Nanoelectronic devices and Quantum computing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- , Shanghai 201315, China
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Liu Y, Zhang T, Cai J, Zhang F, He Q, Pu M, Guo Y, Bao H, Ma X, Li X, Luo X. Simultaneous Circular Dichroism and Wavefront Manipulation with Generalized Pancharatnam-Berry Phase Metasurfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:33935-33942. [PMID: 38899863 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Simultaneous circular dichroism and wavefront manipulation have gained considerable attention in various applications, such as chiroptical spectroscopy, chiral imaging, sorting and detection of enantiomers, and quantum optics, which can improve the miniaturization and integration of the optical system. Typically, structures with n-fold rotational symmetry (n ≥ 3) are used to improve circular dichroism, as they induce stronger interactions between the electric and magnetic fields. However, manipulating the wavefront with these structures remains challenging because they are commonly considered isotropic and lack a geometric phase response in linear optics. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an approach to achieve simultaneous circular dichroism (with a maximum value of ∼0.62) and wavefront manipulation using a plasmonic metasurface made up of C3 Archimedes spiral nanostructures. The circular dichroism arises from the magnetic dipole-dipole resonance and strong interactions between adjacent meta-atoms. As a proof of concept, two metadevices are fabricated and characterized in the near-infrared regime. This configuration possesses the potential for future applications in photodetection, chiroptical spectroscopy, and the customization of linear and nonlinear optical responses.
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- Yongjian Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot 010051, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- Research Center on Vector Optical Fields, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Research Center on Vector Optical Fields, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Research Center on Vector Optical Fields, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
- College of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Qi H, Li Y, Wang X, Li Y, Li X, Wang X, Hu X, Gong Q. Dynamically Encircling Exceptional Points in Different Riemann Sheets for Orbital Angular Momentum Topological Charge Conversion. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:243802. [PMID: 38949371 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.243802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) provides an additional degree of freedom for optical communication systems, and manipulating on-chip OAM is important in integrated photonics. However, there is no effective method to realize OAM topological charge conversion on chip. In this Letter, we propose a way to convert OAM by encircling two groups of exceptional points in different Riemann sheets. In our framework, any OAM conversion can be achieved on demand just by manipulating adiabatic and nonadiabatic evolution of modes in two on-chip waveguides. More importantly, the chiral OAM conversion is realized, which is of great significance since the path direction can determine the final topological charge order. Our Letter presents a special chiral behavior and provides a new method to manipulate OAM on the chip.
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- Huixin Qi
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
- Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong, Jiangsu 226010, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
- Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong, Jiangsu 226010, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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Sha H, Song Y, Chen Y, Liu J, Shi M, Wu Z, Zhang H, Qin L, Liang L, Jia P, Qiu C, Lei Y, Wang Y, Ning Y, Miao G, Zhang J, Wang L. Advances in Semiconductor Lasers Based on Parity-Time Symmetry. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:571. [PMID: 38607106 PMCID: PMC11013715 DOI: 10.3390/nano14070571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Semiconductor lasers, characterized by their high efficiency, small size, low weight, rich wavelength options, and direct electrical drive, have found widespread application in many fields, including military defense, medical aesthetics, industrial processing, and aerospace. The mode characteristics of lasers directly affect their output performance, including output power, beam quality, and spectral linewidth. Therefore, semiconductor lasers with high output power and beam quality are at the forefront of international research in semiconductor laser science. The novel parity-time (PT) symmetry mode-control method provides the ability to selectively modulate longitudinal modes to improve the spectral characteristics of lasers. Recently, it has gathered much attention for transverse modulation, enabling the output of fundamental transverse modes and improving the beam quality of lasers. This study begins with the basic principles of PT symmetry and provides a detailed introduction to the technical solutions and recent developments in single-mode semiconductor lasers based on PT symmetry. We categorize the different modulation methods, analyze their structures, and highlight their performance characteristics. Finally, this paper summarizes the research progress in PT-symmetric lasers and provides prospects for future development.
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- Hongbo Sha
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Jlight Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd., Changchun 130033, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
- Daheng College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Fang X, Hu X, Li B, Su H, Cheng K, Luan H, Gu M. Orbital angular momentum-mediated machine learning for high-accuracy mode-feature encoding. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2024; 13:49. [PMID: 38355566 PMCID: PMC11251042 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01386-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Machine learning with optical neural networks has featured unique advantages of the information processing including high speed, ultrawide bandwidths and low energy consumption because the optical dimensions (time, space, wavelength, and polarization) could be utilized to increase the degree of freedom. However, due to the lack of the capability to extract the information features in the orbital angular momentum (OAM) domain, the theoretically unlimited OAM states have never been exploited to represent the signal of the input/output nodes in the neural network model. Here, we demonstrate OAM-mediated machine learning with an all-optical convolutional neural network (CNN) based on Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam modes with diverse diffraction losses. The proposed CNN architecture is composed of a trainable OAM mode-dispersion impulse as a convolutional kernel for feature extraction, and deep-learning diffractive layers as a classifier. The resultant OAM mode-dispersion selectivity can be applied in information mode-feature encoding, leading to an accuracy as high as 97.2% for MNIST database through detecting the energy weighting coefficients of the encoded OAM modes, as well as a resistance to eavesdropping in point-to-point free-space transmission. Moreover, through extending the target encoded modes into multiplexed OAM states, we realize all-optical dimension reduction for anomaly detection with an accuracy of 85%. Our work provides a deep insight to the mechanism of machine learning with spatial modes basis, which can be further utilized to improve the performances of various machine-vision tasks by constructing the unsupervised learning-based auto-encoder.
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- Xinyuan Fang
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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Jana K, Mi Y, Møller SH, Ko DH, Gholam-Mirzaei S, Abdollahpour D, Sederberg S, Corkum PB. Quantum control of flying doughnut terahertz pulses. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadl1803. [PMID: 38198544 PMCID: PMC10780876 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl1803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The ability to manipulate the multiple properties of light diversifies light-matter interaction and light-driven applications. Here, using quantum control, we introduce an approach that enables the amplitude, sign, and even configuration of the generated light fields to be manipulated in an all-optical manner. Following this approach, we demonstrate the generation of "flying doughnut" terahertz (THz) pulses. We show that the single-cycle THz pulse radiated from the dynamic ring current has an electric field structure that is azimuthally polarized and that the space- and time-resolved magnetic field has a strong, isolated longitudinal component. We apply the flying doughnut pulse for a spectroscopic measurement of the water vapor in ambient air. Pulses such as these will serve as unique probes for spectroscopy, imaging, telecommunications, and magnetic materials.
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- Kamalesh Jana
- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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Kang H, Ma J, Li J, Zhang X, Liu X. Exciton Polaritons in Emergent Two-Dimensional Semiconductors. ACS NANO 2023; 17:24449-24467. [PMID: 38051774 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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The "marriage" of light (i.e., photon) and matter (i.e., exciton) in semiconductors leads to the formation of hybrid quasiparticles called exciton polaritons with fascinating quantum phenomena such as Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and photon blockade. The research of exciton polaritons has been evolving into an era with emergent two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors and photonic structures for their tremendous potential to break the current limitations of quantum fundamental study and photonic applications. In this Perspective, the basic concepts of 2D excitons, optical resonators, and the strong coupling regime are introduced. The research progress of exciton polaritons is reviewed, and important discoveries (especially the recent ones of 2D exciton polaritons) are highlighted. Subsequently, the emergent 2D exciton polaritons are discussed in detail, ranging from the realization of the strong coupling regime in various photonic systems to the discoveries of attractive phenomena with interesting physics and extensive applications. Moreover, emerging 2D semiconductors, such as 2D perovskites (2DPK) and 2D antiferromagnetic (AFM) semiconductors, are surveyed for the manipulation of exciton polaritons with distinct control degrees of freedom (DOFs). Finally, the outlook on the 2D exciton polaritons and their nonlinear interactions is presented with our initial numerical simulations. This Perspective not only aims to provide an in-depth overview of the latest fundamental findings in 2D exciton polaritons but also attempts to serve as a valuable resource to prospect explorations of quantum optics and topological photonic applications.
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- Haifeng Kang
- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro/Nano Structure of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro/Nano Structure of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro/Nano Structure of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
- Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan, 430206, P. R. China
- Wuhan University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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Bakirova LI, Voronkov GS, Lyubopytov VS, Butt MA, Khonina SN, Stepanov IV, Grakhova EP, Kutluyarov RV. Micro-Ring Resonator-Based Tunable Vortex Beam Emitter. MICROMACHINES 2023; 15:34. [PMID: 38258153 PMCID: PMC10820895 DOI: 10.3390/mi15010034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Light beams bearing orbital angular momentum (OAM) are used in various scientific and engineering applications, such as microscopy, laser material processing, and optical tweezers. Precise topological charge control is crucial for efficiently using vortex beams in different fields, such as information encoding in optical communications and sensor systems. This work presents a novel method for optimizing an emitting micro-ring resonator (MRR) for emitting vortex beams with variable orders of OAM. The MRR consists of a ring waveguide with periodic structures side-coupled to a bus waveguide. The resonator is tunable due to the phase change material Sb2Se3 deposited on the ring. This material can change from amorphous to crystalline while changing its refractive index. In the amorphous phase, it is 3.285 + 0i, while in the transition to the crystalline phase, it reaches 4.050 + 0i at emission wavelength 1550 nm. We used this property to control the vortex beam topological charge. In our study, we optimized the distance between the bus waveguide and the ring waveguide, the bending angle, and the width of the bus waveguide. The optimality criterion was chosen to maximize the flux density of the radiated energy emitted by the resonator. The numerical simulation results proved our method. The proposed approach can be used to optimize optical beam emitters carrying OAM for various applications.
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- Liaisan I. Bakirova
- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia;
- IPSI-RAS-Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia
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- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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- School of Photonics Engineering and Research Advances (SPhERA), Ufa University of Science and Technology, 32, Z. Validi St., 450076 Ufa, Russia; (L.I.B.); (G.S.V.); (I.V.S.); (E.P.G.)
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Li X, Hu C, Tian Y, Liu Y, Chen H, Xu Y, Lu MH, Fu Y. Maximum helical dichroism enabled by an exceptional point in non-Hermitian gradient metasurfaces. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023; 68:2555-2563. [PMID: 37798177 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Helical dichroism (HD) utilizing unbounded orbital angular momentum degree of freedom, has provided an important means of exploring chiral effects in diverse wave systems, surpassing the two-state constraint in circular dichroism that relies on intrinsic spin. However, the naturally feeble chiral signals that arise during wave-matter interactions pose significant challenges to the effective enlargement of HD. Here, we introduce a new paradigm for realizing maximum HD through non-Hermitian gradient metasurfaces by engineering a chiral exceptional point (EP) in intrinsic topological charge. The non-Hermitian gradient metasurfaces are empowered by the asymmetric coupling feature at the EP, enabling flexible construction to realize versatile chirality control in extreme circumstances where one chiral vortex is totally reflected and the opposite counterpart is completely absorbed or transmitted into the customized vortex modes. As the manifestation of the maximum HD, we present the first experimental demonstration of perfect chirality-selected vortex transmission in acoustics. Our findings open new venues to achieve maximum chirality and explore chiral physics of wave-matter interactions, which can boost many vortical applications in asymmetric chirality manipulation, one-way propagation, and information multiplexing.
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- Xiao Li
- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China; Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China; Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China; Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China; State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China.
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Li C, Wieduwilt T, Wendisch FJ, Márquez A, Menezes LDS, Maier SA, Schmidt MA, Ren H. Metafiber transforming arbitrarily structured light. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7222. [PMID: 37940676 PMCID: PMC10632407 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43068-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Structured light has proven useful for numerous photonic applications. However, the current use of structured light in optical fiber science and technology is severely limited by mode mixing or by the lack of optical elements that can be integrated onto fiber end-faces for wavefront engineering, and hence generation of structured light is still handled outside the fiber via bulky optics in free space. We report a metafiber platform capable of creating arbitrarily structured light on the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere. Polymeric metasurfaces, with unleashed height degree of freedom and a greatly expanded 3D meta-atom library, were 3D laser nanoprinted and interfaced with polarization-maintaining single-mode fibers. Multiple metasurfaces were interfaced on the fiber end-faces, transforming the fiber output into different structured-light fields, including cylindrical vector beams, circularly polarized vortex beams, and arbitrary vector field. Our work provides a paradigm for advancing optical fiber science and technology towards fiber-integrated light shaping, which may find important applications in fiber communications, fiber lasers and sensors, endoscopic imaging, fiber lithography, and lab-on-fiber technology.
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- Chenhao Li
- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- I.U. Física Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain
- Dpto. de Física, Ing. de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80539, Munich, Germany
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901, Recife-PE, Brazil
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80539, Munich, Germany.
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Abbe Center of Photonics and Faculty of Physics, FSU Jena, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Otto Schott Institute of Material Research, FSU Jena, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
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Zhao H, Ma Y, Gao Z, Liu N, Wu T, Wu S, Feng X, Hone J, Strauf S, Feng L. High-Purity Generation and Switching of Twisted Single Photons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:183801. [PMID: 37977645 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.183801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Quantum technologies, if scaled into a high-dimensional Hilbert space, can dramatically enhance connection capabilities with supporting higher bit rates and ultrasecure information transfer. Twisted single photons, carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) as an unbounded dimension, could address the growing demand for high-dimensional quantum information encoding and transmission. By hybrid integration of two-dimensional semiconductor WSe_{2} with a spin-orbit-coupled microring resonator, we demonstrate an integrated tunable twisted single photon source with the ability to precisely define and switch between highly pure spin-OAM states. Our results feature a single photon purity of g^{(2)}(0)∼0.13 with a cavity-enhanced quantum yield of 76% and a high OAM mode purity up to 96.9%. Moreover, the demonstrated quantum-chiral control can also enable new quantum functionality such as single photon routing for efficient quantum information processing on chip.
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- Haoqi Zhao
- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Mei F, Qu G, Sha X, Han J, Yu M, Li H, Chen Q, Ji Z, Ni J, Qiu CW, Song Q, Kivshar Y, Xiao S. Cascaded metasurfaces for high-purity vortex generation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6410. [PMID: 37828022 PMCID: PMC10570278 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42137-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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We introduce a new paradigm for generating high-purity vortex beams with metasurfaces. By applying optical neural networks to a system of cascaded phase-only metasurfaces, we demonstrate the efficient generation of high-quality Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) vortex modes. Our approach is based on two metasurfaces where one metasurface redistributes the intensity profile of light in accord with Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction rules, and then the second metasurface matches the required phases for the vortex beams. Consequently, we generate high-purity LGp,l optical modes with record-high Laguerre polynomial orders p = 10 and l = 200, and with the purity in p, l and relative conversion efficiency as 96.71%, 85.47%, and 70.48%, respectively. Our engineered cascaded metasurfaces suppress greatly the backward reflection with a ratio exceeding -17 dB. Such higher-order optical vortices with multiple orthogonal states can revolutionize next-generation optical information processing.
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- Feng Mei
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Pengcheng Laboratory, 518055, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117583, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117583, Singapore, Singapore
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
- Pengcheng Laboratory, 518055, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China.
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- Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT2601, Australia.
- Qingdao Innovation and Development Center, Harbin Engineering University, 266000, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
- Pengcheng Laboratory, 518055, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, 030006, Taiyuan, Shanxi, P.R. China.
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Dong Y, Pan G, Xun M, Su H, Chen L, Sun Y, Luan H, Fang X, Wu D, Gu M. Nanoprinted Diffractive Layer Integrated Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Vortex Lasers with Scalable Topological Charge. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9096-9104. [PMID: 37748028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) represent an attractive light source to integrate with OAM structures to realize chip-scale vortex lasers. Although pioneering endeavors of VCSEL-based vortex lasers have been reported, they cannot achieve large topological charges (less than l = 5) due to the insufficient space-bandwidth product (SBP) caused by the inherent limited device size. Here, by integrating a nanoprinted OAM phase structure on the VCSELs, we demonstrate a vortex microlaser with a low threshold and simple structure. A monolithic microlaser array with addressable control of vortex beams with different topological charges (l = 1 to l = 5) was achieved. Nanoprinting offers high degrees of freedom for the manipulation of spatial structures. To address the challenge of insufficient SBP, two-layer cascaded spiral phase plates were designed. Thereby, a vortex beam with l = 15 and mode purity of 83.7% was obtained. Our work paves the way for future chip-scale OAM-based information multiplexing with more channels.
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- Yibo Dong
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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Zhai X, Ma X, Gao Y, Xing C, Gao M, Dai H, Wang X, Pan A, Schumacher S, Gao T. Electrically Controlling Vortices in a Neutral Exciton-Polariton Condensate at Room Temperature. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:136901. [PMID: 37831991 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.136901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Manipulating bosonic condensates with electric fields is very challenging as the electric fields do not directly interact with the neutral particles of the condensate. Here we demonstrate a simple electric method to tune the vorticity of exciton-polariton condensates in a strong coupling liquid crystal (LC) microcavity with CsPbBr_{3} microplates as active material at room temperature. In such a microcavity, the LC molecular director can be electrically modulated giving control over the polariton condensation in different modes. For isotropic nonresonant optical pumping we demonstrate the spontaneous formation of vortices with topological charges of +1, +2, -2, and -1. The topological vortex charge is controlled by a voltage in the range of 1 to 10 V applied to the microcavity sample. This control is achieved by the interplay of a built-in potential gradient, the anisotropy of the optically active perovskite microplates, and the electrically controllable LC molecular director in our system with intentionally broken rotational symmetry. Besides the fundamental interest in the achieved electric polariton vortex control at room temperature, our work paves the way to micron-sized emitters with electric control over the emitted light's phase profile and quantized orbital angular momentum for information processing and integration into photonic circuits.
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- Xiaokun Zhai
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP), Universität Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP), Universität Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
- Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Ren H, Maier SA. Nanophotonic Materials for Twisted-Light Manipulation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2106692. [PMID: 34716627 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Twisted light, an unbounded set of helical spatial modes carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), offers not only fundamental new insights into structured light-matter interactions, but also a new degree of freedom to boost optical and quantum information capacity. However, current OAM experiments still rely on bulky, expensive, and slow-response diffractive or refractive optical elements, hindering today's OAM systems to be largely deployed. In the last decade, nanophotonics has transformed the photonic design and unveiled a diverse range of compact and multifunctional nanophotonic devices harnessing the generation and detection of OAM modes. Recent metasurface devices developed for OAM generation in both real and momentum space, presenting design principle and exemplary devices, are summarized. Moreover, recent development of whispering-gallery-mode-based passive and tunable microcavities, capable of extracting degenerate OAM modes for on-chip vortex emission and lasing, is summarized. In addition, the design principle of different plasmonic devices and photodetectors recently developed for on-chip OAM detection is discussed. Current challenges faced by the nanophotonic field for twisted-light manipulation and future advances to meet these challenges are further discussed. It is believed that twisted-light manipulation in nanophotonics will continue to make significant impact on future development of ultracompact, ultrahigh-capacity, and ultrahigh-speed OAM systems-on-a-chip.
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- Haoran Ren
- MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 80539, Munich, Germany
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Gao Z, Qiao X, Pan M, Wu S, Yim J, Chen K, Midya B, Ge L, Feng L. Two-Dimensional Reconfigurable Non-Hermitian Gauged Laser Array. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:263801. [PMID: 37450823 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.263801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Topological effects in photonic non-Hermitian systems have recently led to extraordinary discoveries including nonreciprocal lasing, topological insulator lasers, and topological metamaterials, to mention a few. These effects, although realized in non-Hermitian systems, are all stemming from their Hermitian components. Here we experimentally demonstrate the topological skin effect and boundary sensitivity, induced by the imaginary gauge field in a two-dimensional laser array, which are fundamentally different from any Hermitian topological effects and intrinsic to open systems. By selectively and asymmetrically injecting gain into the system, we have synthesized an imaginary gauge field on chip, which can be flexibly reconfigured on demand. We show not only that the non-Hermitian topological features remain intact in a nonlinear nonequilibrium system, but also that they can be harnessed to enable persistent phase locking with intensity morphing. Our work lays the foundation for a dynamically reconfigurable on-chip coherent system with robust scalability, attractive for building high-brightness sources with arbitrary intensity profiles.
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- Zihe Gao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur, Odisha 760003, India
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
- The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Yang DJ, Liu JC. Selective high-order resonance in asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures stimulated by vortex beams. NANOSCALE 2023. [PMID: 37376924 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr02502k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light has the potential to induce high-order transitions of electrons in atoms by compensating for the OAM required. However, due to the dark spot situating at the focal center of the OAM beam, high-order transitions are typically weak. In this study, we demonstrate efficient and selective high-order resonances in symmetric and asymmetric plasmonic nanoparticles that are comparable in size to the waist radius of the OAM beam. In a symmetric nanoparticle configured with a complete nanoring lying on the focal center, there is a pure high-order resonance obeying the law of conservation of angular momentum during the interaction between OAM light and the nanosystem. In an asymmetric nanoparticle configured with an complete ring off the beam center or a splitting nanoring, there are multiple resonances whose resonance orders are influenced by the ring's geometry, position, orientation, and photon OAM. Thus, high-order resonances in the symmetric and asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures are selectively stimulated using vortex beams. Our results may help to understand and control OAM-involved light-material interactions of asymmetric nanosystems.
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- Da-Jie Yang
- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Physics and Energy Technology, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071000, China.
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Physics and Energy Technology, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071000, China.
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Zhang X, Yi R, Zhao B, Li C, Li L, Li Z, Zhang F, Wang N, Zhang M, Fang L, Zhao J, Chen P, Lu W, Fu L, Tan HH, Jagadish C, Gan X. Vertical Emitting Nanowire Vector Beam Lasers. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37191338 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Due to the peculiar structured light field with spatially variant polarizations on the same wavefront, vector beams (VBs) have sparked research enthusiasm in developing advanced super-resolution imaging and optical communications techniques. A compact VB nanolaser is intriguing for VB applications in miniaturized photonic integrated circuits. However, determined by the diffraction limit of light, it is a challenge to realize a VB nanolaser in the subwavelength scale because the VB lasing modes should have laterally structured distributions. Here, we demonstrate a VB nanolaser made from a 300 nm thick InGaAs/GaAs nanowire (NW). To select the high-order VB lasing mode, a standing NW as-grown from the selective-area-epitaxial (SAE) growth process is utilized, which has a bottom donut-shaped interface with the silicon oxide growth substrate. With this donut-shaped interface as one of the reflective mirrors of the nanolaser cavity, the VB lasing mode has the lowest threshold. Experimentally, a single-mode VB lasing mode with a donut-shaped amplitude and azimuthally cylindrical polarization distribution is obtained. Together with the high yield and uniformity of the SAE-grown NWs, our work provides a straightforward and scalable path toward cost-effective co-integration of VB nanolasers on potential photonic integrated circuits.
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- Xutao Zhang
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yutian Road, Shanghai 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yutian Road, Shanghai 200083, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong District, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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Zhang D, Zhai D, Deng S, Yao W, Zhu Q. Single Photon Emitters with Polarization and Orbital Angular Momentum Locking in Monolayer Semiconductors. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:3851-3857. [PMID: 37104699 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Excitons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide are endowed with intrinsic valley-orbit coupling between their center-of-mass motion and valley pseudospin. When trapped in a confinement potential, e.g., generated by strain field, we find that intralayer excitons are valley and orbital angular momentum (OAM) entangled. By tuning the trap profile and external magnetic field, one can engineer the exciton states at the ground state and realize a series of valley-OAM entangled states. We further show that the OAM of excitons can be transferred to emitted photons, and these novel exciton states can naturally serve as polarization-OAM locked single photon emitters, which under certain circumstance become polarization-OAM entangled, highly tunable by strain trap and magnetic field. Our proposal demonstrates a novel scheme to generate polarization-OAM locked/entangled photons at the nanoscale with a high degree of integrability and tunability, pointing to exciting opportunities for quantum information applications.
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- Di Zhang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- HKU-UCAS Joint Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- HKU-UCAS Joint Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Diez I, Krysa A, Luxmoore IJ. Inverse Design of Whispering-Gallery Nanolasers with Tailored Beam Shape and Polarization. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:968-976. [PMID: 37096212 PMCID: PMC10119977 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Control over the shape and polarization of the beam emitted by a laser source is important in applications such as optical communications, optical manipulation and high-resolution optical imaging. In this paper, we present the inverse design of monolithic whispering-gallery nanolasers which emit along their axial direction with a tailored laser beam shape and polarization. We design and experimentally verify three types of submicron cavities, each one emitting into a different laser radiation mode: an azimuthally polarized doughnut beam, a radially polarized doughnut beam and a linearly polarized Gaussian-like beam. The measured output laser beams yield a field overlap with respect to the target mode of 92%, 96%, and 85% for the azimuthal, radial, and linearly polarized cases, respectively, thereby demonstrating the generality of the method in the design of ultracompact lasers with tailored beams.
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- Iago Diez
- Department
of Engineering, University of Exeter, EX4 4QF, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Exeter, EX4 4QL, Exeter, United Kingdom
- E-mail:
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- EPSRC
National Epitaxy Facility, University of
Sheffield, S1 3JD, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Exeter, EX4 4QF, Exeter, United Kingdom
- E-mail:
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Zhang C, Shu FJ, Zou CL, Dong H, Yao J, Zhao YS. Organic Synthetic Photonic Systems with Reconfigurable Parity-Time Symmetry Breaking for Tunable Single-Mode Microlasers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2300054. [PMID: 36744301 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Synthetic photonic materials exploiting the quantum concept of parity-time (PT) symmetry lead to an emerging photonic paradigm-non-Hermitian photonics, which is revolutionizing the photonic sciences. The non-Hermitian photonics dealing with the interplay between gain and loss in PT synthetic photonic material systems offers a versatile platform for advancing microlaser technology. However, current PT-symmetric microcavity laser systems only manipulate imaginary parts of the refractive indices, suffering from limited laser spectral bandwidth. Here, an organic composite material system is proposed to synthesize reconfigurable PT-symmetric microcavities with controllable complex refractive indices for realizing tunable single-mode laser outputs. A grayscale electron-beam direct-writing technique is elaborately designed to process laser dye-doped polymer films in one single step into microdisk cavities with periodic gain and loss distribution, which enables thresholdless PT-symmetry breaking and single-mode laser operation. Furthermore, organic photoisomerizable compounds are introduced to reconfigure the PT-symmetric systems in real-time by tailoring the real refractive index of the polymer microresonators, allowing for a dynamically and continuously tunable single-mode laser output. This work fundamentally enhances the PT-symmetric photonic systems for innovative design of synthetic photonic materials and architectures.
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- Chunhuan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Microcavity and Photoelectric Intelligent Sensing, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, 476000, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Liu S, Wang X, Ni J, Cao Y, Li J, Wang C, Hu Y, Chu J, Wu D. Optical Encryption in the Photonic Orbital Angular Momentum Dimension via Direct-Laser-Writing 3D Chiral Metahelices. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:2304-2311. [PMID: 36880306 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Vortex beams, which intrinsically possess optical orbital angular momentum (OAM), are considered as one of the promising chiral light waves for classical optical communications and quantum information processing. For a long time, it has been an expectation to utilize artificial three-dimensional (3D) chiral metamaterials to manipulate the transmission of vortex beams for practical optical display applications. Here, we demonstrate the concept of selective transmission management of vortex beams with opposite OAM modes assisted by the designed 3D chiral metahelices. Utilizing the integrated array of the metahelices, a series of optical operations, including display, hiding, and even encryption, can be realized by the parallel processing of multiple vortex beams. The results open up an intriguing route for metamaterial-dominated optical OAM processing, which fosters the development of photonic angular momentum engineering and high-security optical encryption.
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- Shunli Liu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Zhou Z, Jia B, Wang N, Wang X, Li Y. Observation of Perfectly-Chiral Exceptional Point via Bound State in the Continuum. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:116101. [PMID: 37001097 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.116101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Chirality is one of the fundamentals of nature with strong ties to asymmetry. In wave physics, it is conventionally characterized by asymmetric scattering of circularly polarized waves but suffers from two-state polarization. To overcome the limitation, here we demonstrate the concept of extreme chirality regarding orbital angular momentum (OAM) helicity, originating from a chiral quasibound state in the continuum held by a mirror-symmetry-broken metasurface. Empowered by the intrinsic OAM-selective coupling nature of the metasurface, the system arrives at a peculiar state where the left-handed incident vortex is completely absorbed while the right-handed counterpart is totally reflected, namely, a perfectly-chiral exceptional point. The realization of asymmetric OAM modulation creates the possibility to explore chirality with unlimited states. Our work raises a new paradigm for the study of extreme OAM chirality and enriches the physics of chiral wave-matter interaction.
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- Zhiling Zhou
- Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Qian Z, Tian S, Zhou W, Wang J, Guo H, Zhuang S. Polarization-modulated broadband achromatic bifunctional metasurface in the visible light. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:10905-10917. [PMID: 37157626 DOI: 10.1364/oe.484078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Achromatic bifunctional metasurface is of great significance in optical path miniaturization among advanced integrated optical systems. However, the reported achromatic metalenses mostly utilize a phase compensate scheme, which uses geometric phase to realize the functionality and uses transmission phase to compensate the chromatic aberration. In the phase compensation scheme, all the modulation freedoms of a nanofin are driven at the same time. This makes most of the broadband achromatic metalenses restricted to realizing single function. Also, the phase compensate scheme is always addressed with circularly polarized (CP) incidence, leading to a limitation in efficiency and optical path miniaturization. Moreover, for a bifunctional or multifunctional achromatic metalens, not all the nanofins will work at the same time. Owing to this, achromatic metalenses using a phase compensate scheme are usually of low focusing efficiencies. To this end, based on the pure transmission phase in the x-/y- axis provided by the birefringent nanofins structure, we proposed an all-dielectric polarization-modulated broadband achromatic bifunctional metalens (BABM) in the visible light. Applying two independent phases on one metalens at the same time, the proposed BABM realizes achromatism in a bifunctional metasurface. Releasing the freedom of nanofin's angular orientation, the proposed BABM breaks the dependence on CP incidence. As an achromatic bifunctional metalens, all the nanofins on the proposed BABM can work at the same time. Simulation results show that the designed BABM is capable of achromatically focusing the incident beam to a single focal spot and an optical vortex (OV) under the illumination of x- and y-polarization, respectively. In the designed waveband 500 nm (green) to 630 nm (red), the focal planes stay unchanged at the sampled wavelengths. Simulation results prove that the proposed metalens not only realized bifunctional achromatically, but also breaks the dependence of CP incidence. The proposed metalens has a numerical aperture of 0.34 and efficiencies of 33.6% and 34.6%. The proposed metalens has advantages of being flexible, single layer, convenient in manufacturing, and optical path miniaturization friendly, and will open a new page in advanced integrated optical systems.
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Wang H, Wang H, Ruan Q, Chan JYE, Zhang W, Liu H, Rezaei SD, Trisno J, Qiu CW, Gu M, Yang JKW. Coloured vortex beams with incoherent white light illumination. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 18:264-272. [PMID: 36781996 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01319-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The orbital angular momentum is a fundamental degree of freedom of light wavefronts, currently exploited in applications where information capacity is a key requirement, such as optical communication, super-resolution imaging and high-dimensional quantum computing. However, generating orbital angular momentum beams requires spatio-temporally coherent light sources (lasers or supercontinuum sources), because incoherent light would smear out the doughnut features of orbital angular momentum beams, forming polychromatic or obscured orbital angular momentum beams instead. Here we show generation of coloured orbital angular momentum beams using incoherent white light. Spatio-temporal coherence is achieved by miniaturizing spiral phase plates and integrating them with structural colour filters, three-dimensionally printed at the nanoscale. Our scheme can in principle generate multiple helical eigenstates and combine colour information into orbital angular momentum beams independently. These three-dimensional optical elements encoded with colour and orbital angular momentum information substantially increase the number of combinations for optical anti-counterfeiting and photonic lock-key devices in a pairwise fashion.
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- Hongtao Wang
- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, Singapore
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore.
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, Singapore.
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Lu X, Wang M, Zhou F, Heuck M, Zhu W, Aksyuk VA, Englund DR, Srinivasan K. Highly-twisted states of light from a high quality factor photonic crystal ring. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1119. [PMID: 36849526 PMCID: PMC9971168 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36589-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Twisted light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) has been extensively studied for applications in quantum and classical communications, microscopy, and optical micromanipulation. Ejecting high angular momentum states of a whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonator through a grating-assisted mechanism provides a scalable, chip-integrated solution for OAM generation. However, demonstrated OAM microresonators have exhibited a much lower quality factor (Q) than conventional WGM resonators (by >100×), and an understanding of the limits on Q has been lacking. This is crucial given the importance of Q in enhancing light-matter interactions. Moreover, though high-OAM states are often desirable, the limits on what is achievable in a microresonator are not well understood. Here, we provide insight on these two questions, through understanding OAM from the perspective of mode coupling in a photonic crystal ring and linking it to coherent backscattering between counter-propagating WGMs. In addition to demonstrating high-Q (105 to 106), a high estimated upper bound on OAM ejection efficiency (up to 90%), and high-OAM number (up to l = 60), our empirical model is supported by experiments and provides a quantitative explanation for the behavior of Q and the upper bound of OAM ejection efficiency with l. The state-of-the-art performance and understanding of microresonator OAM generation opens opportunities for OAM applications using chip-integrated technologies.
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- Xiyuan Lu
- Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA. .,Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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- grid.94225.38000000012158463XMicrosystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA ,grid.164295.d0000 0001 0941 7177Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- grid.94225.38000000012158463XMicrosystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA ,grid.94225.38000000012158463XJoint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- grid.5170.30000 0001 2181 8870Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800 Kgs. Denmark
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- grid.94225.38000000012158463XMicrosystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
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- grid.94225.38000000012158463XMicrosystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
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- grid.116068.80000 0001 2341 2786Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA. .,Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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Zhang S, Zhou Z, Fu Y, Chen Q, Li W, Fang H, Min C, Zhang Y, Yuan X. Temporal effect of the spin-to-orbit conversion in tightly focused femtosecond optical fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:5820-5831. [PMID: 36823854 DOI: 10.1364/oe.482358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Spin and orbital angular momenta are two of the most fundamental physical quantities that describe the complex dynamic behaviors of optical fields. A strong coupling between these two quantities leads to many intriguing spatial topological phenomena, where one remarkable example is the generation of a helicity-dependent optical vortex that converts spin to orbital degrees of freedom. The spin-to-orbit conversion occurs inherently in lots of optical processes and has attracted increasing attention due to its crucial applications in spin-orbit photonics. However, current researches in this area are mainly focused on the monochromatic optical fields whose temporal properties are naturally neglected. In this work, we demonstrate an intriguing temporal evolution of the spin-to-orbit conversion induced by tightly-focused femtosecond optical fields. The results indicate that the conversion in such a polychromatic focused field obviously depends on time. This temporal effect originates from the superposition of local fields at the focus with different frequencies and is sensitive to the settings of pulse width and central wavelength. This work can provide fundamental insights into the spin-orbit dynamics within ultrafast wave packets, and possesses the potential for applications in spin-controlled manipulations of light.
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Jang J, Jeong M, Lee J, Kim S, Yun H, Rho J. Planar Optical Cavities Hybridized with Low-Dimensional Light-Emitting Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2203889. [PMID: 35861661 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Low-dimensional light-emitting materials have been actively investigated due to their unprecedented optical and optoelectronic properties that are not observed in their bulk forms. However, the emission from low-dimensional light-emitting materials is generally weak and difficult to use in nanophotonic devices without being amplified and engineered by optical cavities. Along with studies on various planar optical cavities over the last decade, the physics of cavity-emitter interactions as well as various integration methods are investigated deeply. These integrations not only enhance the light-matter interaction of the emitters, but also provide opportunities for realizing nanophotonic devices based on the new physics allowed by low-dimensional emitters. In this review, the fundamentals, strengths and weaknesses of various planar optical resonators are first provided. Then, commonly used low-dimensional light-emitting materials such as 0D emitters (quantum dots and upconversion nanoparticles) and 2D emitters (transition-metal dichalcogenide and hexagonal boron nitride) are discussed. The integration of these emitters and cavities and the expect interplay between them are explained in the following chapters. Finally, a comprehensive discussion and outlook of nanoscale cavity-emitter integrated systems is provided.
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- Jaehyuck Jang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
- POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Z, Zhao H, Wu S, Wu T, Qiao X, Gao Z, Agarwal R, Longhi S, Litchinitser NM, Ge L, Feng L. Spin-orbit microlaser emitting in a four-dimensional Hilbert space. Nature 2022; 612:246-251. [PMID: 36385532 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05339-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A step towards the next generation of high-capacity, noise-resilient communication and computing technologies is a substantial increase in the dimensionality of information space and the synthesis of superposition states on an N-dimensional (N > 2) Hilbert space featuring exotic group symmetries. Despite the rapid development of photonic devices and systems, on-chip information technologies are mostly limited to two-level systems owing to the lack of sufficient reconfigurability to satisfy the stringent requirement for 2(N - 1) degrees of freedom, intrinsically associated with the increase of synthetic dimensionalities. Even with extensive efforts dedicated to recently emerged vector lasers and microcavities for the expansion of dimensionalities1-10, it still remains a challenge to actively tune the diversified, high-dimensional superposition states of light on demand. Here we demonstrate a hyperdimensional, spin-orbit microlaser for chip-scale flexible generation and manipulation of arbitrary four-level states. Two microcavities coupled through a non-Hermitian synthetic gauge field are designed to emit spin-orbit-coupled states of light with six degrees of freedom. The vectorial state of the emitted laser beam in free space can be mapped on a Bloch hypersphere defining an SU(4) symmetry, demonstrating dynamical generation and reconfiguration of high-dimensional superposition states with high fidelity.
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- Zhifeng Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.,IFISC (UIB-CSIC), Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, USA.,The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. .,Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Ni J, Liu S, Chen Y, Hu G, Hu Y, Chen W, Li J, Chu J, Qiu CW, Wu D. Direct Observation of Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light via Chiroptical Responses. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9013-9019. [PMID: 36326581 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The spin-orbit interaction of light is a fundamental manifestation of controlling its angular momenta with numerous applications in photonic spin Hall effects and chiral quantum optics. However, observation of an optical spin Hall effect, which is normally very weak with subwavelength displacements, needs quantum weak measurements or sophisticated metasurfaces. Here, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate the spin-orbit interaction of light in the form of strong chiroptical responses by breaking the in-plane inversion symmetry of a dielectric substrate. The chiroptical signal is observed at the boundary of a microdisk illuminated by circularly polarized vortex beams at normal incidence. The generated chiroptical spectra are tunable for different photonic orbital angular momenta and microdisk diameters. Our findings, correlating photonic spin-orbit interaction with chiroptical responses, may provide a route for exploiting optical information processing, enantioselective sensing, and chiral metrology.
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- Jincheng Ni
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117583, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117583, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117583, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117583, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230027, People's Republic of China
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Berman Bradley AM, Tuxbury W, Kottos T. Directed emission from uniformly excited non-Hermitian photonic meta-structures. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5913-5916. [PMID: 37219135 DOI: 10.1364/ol.475611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We investigate the emission characteristics of a tri-atomic photonic meta-molecule with asymmetric intra-modal couplings which is uniformly excited by an incident waveform tuned to coherent virtual absorption conditions. By analyzing the dynamics of the discharged radiation, we identify a parameter domain where its directional re-emission properties are optimal.
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Wang W, Hu C, Ni J, Ding Y, Weng J, Liang B, Qiu C, Cheng J. Efficient and High-Purity Sound Frequency Conversion with a Passive Linear Metasurface. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2203482. [PMID: 36253153 PMCID: PMC9685439 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite the significance for wave physics and potential applications, high-efficiency frequency conversion of low-frequency waves cannot be achieved with conventional nonlinearity-based mechanisms with poor mode purity, conversion efficiency, and real-time reconfigurability of the generated harmonic waves in both optics and acoustics. Rotational Doppler effect provides an intuitive paradigm to shifting the frequency in a linear system which, however, needs a spiral-phase change upon the wave propagation. Here a rotating passive linear vortex metasurface is numerically and experimentally presented with close-to-unity mode purity (>93%) and high conversion efficiency (>65%) in audible sound frequency as low as 3000 Hz. The topological charge of the transmitted sound is almost immune from the rotational speed and transmissivity, demonstrating the mechanical robustness and stability in adjusting the high-performance frequency conversion in situ. These features enable the researchers to cascade multiple vortex metasurfaces to further enlarge and diversify the extent of sound frequency conversion, which are experimentally verified. This strategy takes a step further toward the freewheeling sound manipulation at acoustic frequency domain, and may have far-researching impacts in various acoustic communications, signal processing, and contactless detection.
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- Wei Wang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNational University of Singapore4 Engineering Drive 3Singapore117583Singapore
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNational University of Singapore4 Engineering Drive 3Singapore117583Singapore
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern AcousticsMOE Institute of AcousticsDepartment of PhysicsNanjing UniversityNanjing210093China
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Zhou LM, Shi Y, Zhu X, Hu G, Cao G, Hu J, Qiu CW. Recent Progress on Optical Micro/Nanomanipulations: Structured Forces, Structured Particles, and Synergetic Applications. ACS NANO 2022; 16:13264-13278. [PMID: 36053722 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Optical manipulation has achieved great success in the fields of biology, micro/nano robotics and physical sciences in the past few decades. To date, the optical manipulation is still witnessing substantial progress powered by the growing accessibility of the complex light field, advanced nanofabrication and developed understandings of light-matter interactions. In this perspective, we highlight recent advancements of optical micro/nanomanipulations in cutting-edge applications, which can be fostered by structured optical forces enabled with diverse auxiliary multiphysical field/forces and structured particles. We conclude with our vision of ongoing and futuristic directions, including heat-avoided and heat-utilized manipulation, nonlinearity-mediated trapping and manipulation, metasurface/two-dimensional material based optical manipulation, as well as interface-based optical manipulation.
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- Lei-Ming Zhou
- Department of Optical Engineering, School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
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- Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Optical Engineering, School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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- School of Physics and Electronic Sciences, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- Department of Optical Engineering, School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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Wei Z, Li S, Xie L, Deng X, Wang Z, Cheng X. On-chip ultracompact multimode vortex beam emitter based on vertical modes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:36863-36872. [PMID: 36258607 DOI: 10.1364/oe.473192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Free-space orbital angular momentum (OAM) communication is considered as one of the potential alternative on-chip optical interconnect solutions. The number of OAM modes determines the capacity of high-speed communication. However, existing integrated vortex beam emitters have a constraint relationship between the number of OAM modes and the emitter size, rendering it difficult to emit more OAM modes with a small-sized emitter. In view of the above, this study proposes an on-chip ultracompact multimode vortex beam emitter based on vertical modes, which permits more OAM modes without requiring an increase in the size of the emitter. Vertical modes in large-aspect-ratio waveguides are pointed out to enable multimode microrings with small radii because high-order vertical modes can maintain almost the same horizontal wave vector as that of the fundamental mode. Four-mode and five-mode vortex beam emitters with the same radius of 1.5 µm are designed and the effectiveness of these emitters is verified through simulation. Furthermore, a high-efficiency and low-crosstalk approach for high-order vertical mode coupling by varying the waveguide height is presented. This research not only promotes further integration of on-chip optical interconnection, but also provides a new strategy for optical waveguide mode selection in photonic integrated circuits design.
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Forbes A. Chiral light sources get a helping hand. Science 2022; 377:1152-1153. [PMID: 36074853 DOI: 10.1126/science.add5065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Resonant metasurfaces pave the way for more compact sources of pure chiral light.
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- Andrew Forbes
- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gladstein Gladstone R, Dev S, Allen J, Allen M, Shvets G. Topological edge states of a long-range surface plasmon polariton at the telecommunication wavelength. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:4532-4535. [PMID: 36048697 DOI: 10.1364/ol.471442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Confining light by plasmonic waveguides is promising for miniaturizing optical components, while topological photonics has been explored for robust light localization. Here we propose combining the two approaches into a simple periodically perforated plasmonic waveguide (PPW) design exhibiting robust localization of long-range surface plasmon polaritons. We predict the existence of a topological edge state originating from a quantized topological invariant, and numerically demonstrate the viability of its excitation at telecommunication wavelength using near-field and waveguide-based approaches. Strong modification of the radiative lifetime of dipole emitters by the edge state, and its robustness to disorder, are demonstrated.
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A Transmissive Theory of Brain Function: Implications for Health, Disease, and Consciousness. NEUROSCI 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/neurosci3030032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Identifying a complete, accurate model of brain function would allow neuroscientists and clinicians to make powerful neuropsychological predictions and diagnoses as well as develop more effective treatments to mitigate or reverse neuropathology. The productive model of brain function, which has been dominant in the field for centuries, cannot easily accommodate some higher-order neural processes associated with consciousness and other neuropsychological phenomena. However, in recent years, it has become increasingly evident that the brain is highly receptive to and readily emits electromagnetic (EM) fields and light. Indeed, brain tissues can generate endogenous, complex EM fields and ultraweak photon emissions (UPEs) within the visible and near-visible EM spectra. EM-based neural mechanisms, such as ephaptic coupling and non-visual optical brain signaling, expand canonical neural signaling modalities and are beginning to disrupt conventional models of brain function. Here, we present an evidence-based argument for the existence of brain processes that are caused by the transmission of extracerebral, EM signals and recommend experimental strategies with which to test the hypothesis. We argue for a synthesis of productive and transmissive models of brain function and discuss implications for the study of consciousness, brain health, and disease.
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Lai J, Ma J, Fan Z, Song X, Yu P, Liu Z, Zhang P, Shi Y, Cheng J, Sun D. Direct Light Orbital Angular Momentum Detection in Mid-Infrared Based on the Type-II Weyl Semimetal TaIrTe 4. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201229. [PMID: 35605244 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The direct photocurrent detection capability of light orbital angular momentum (OAM) has recently been realized with topological Weyl semimetals, but it is limited to the near-infrared wavelength range. The extension of the direct OAM detection capability to the mid-infrared band, which is a wave band that plays an important role in a vast range of applications, has not yet been realized. This is because the photocurrent responses of most photodetectors are neither sensitive to the phase information nor efficient in the mid-infrared region. In this study, a photodetector based on the type-II Weyl semimetal tantalum iridium telluride (TaIrTe4 ) is designed with peculiar electrode geometries to directly detect the topological charge of the OAM using the orbital photogalvanic effect (OPGE). The results indicate that the helical phase gradient of light can be distinguished by a current winding around the optical beam axis, with a magnitude proportional to its quantized OAM mode number. The topologically enhanced responses in the mid-infrared region of TaIrTe4 further help overcome the low responsivity issues and finally render direct OAM detection capability. This study enables on-chip-integrated OAM detection, and thus OAM-sensitive focal plane arrays in the mid-infrared region.
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- Jiawei Lai
- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China
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- Centre for Programmed Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China
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Lee JS, Farmakidis N, Wright CD, Bhaskaran H. Polarization-selective reconfigurability in hybridized-active-dielectric nanowires. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabn9459. [PMID: 35704585 PMCID: PMC9200283 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn9459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Wavelength and polarization are two fundamental properties of light within which information can be encoded and (de)multiplexed. While wavelength-selective systems have widely proliferated, polarization-addressable active photonics has not seen notable progress, primarily because tunable and polarization-selective nanostructures have been elusive. Here, we introduce hybridized-active-dielectric (HAD) nanowires to achieve polarization-selective tunability. We then demonstrate the ability to use polarization as a parameter to selectively modulate the conductance of individual nanowires within a multi-nanowire system. By using polarization as the tunable vector, we show matrix-vector multiplication in a nanowire device configuration. While our HAD nanowires use phase-change materials as the active material, this concept is readily generalized to other active materials hybridized with dielectrics and thus has the potential in a broad range of applications from photonic memories and routing to polarization-multiplexed computing.
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- June Sang Lee
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Krešić I, Makris KG, Leonhardt U, Rotter S. Transforming Space with Non-Hermitian Dielectrics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:183901. [PMID: 35594088 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.183901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Coordinate transformations are a versatile tool to mold the flow of light, enabling a host of astonishing phenomena such as optical cloaking with metamaterials. Moving away from the usual restriction that links isotropic materials with conformal transformations, we show how nonconformal distortions of optical space are intimately connected to the complex refractive index distribution of an isotropic non-Hermitian medium. Remarkably, this insight can be used to circumvent the material requirement of working with refractive indices below unity, which limits the applications of transformation optics. We apply our approach to design a broadband unidirectional dielectric cloak, which relies on nonconformal coordinate transformations to tailor the non-Hermitian refractive index profile around a cloaked object. Our insights bridge the fields of two-dimensional transformation optics and non-Hermitian photonics.
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- Ivor Krešić
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna A-1040, Austria
- Institute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- ITCP-Physics Department, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion 71110, Greece
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna A-1040, Austria
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Gadasi S, Arwas G, Gershenzon I, Friesem A, Davidson N. Chiral States in Coupled-Lasers Lattice by On-Site Complex Potential. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:163901. [PMID: 35522506 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.163901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The ability to control the chirality of physical devices is of great scientific and technological importance, from investigations of topologically protected edge states in condensed matter systems to wavefront engineering, isolation, and unidirectional communication. When dealing with large networks of oscillators, the control over the chirality of the bulk states becomes significantly more complicated and requires complex apparatus for generating asymmetric coupling or artificial gauge fields. Here we present a new approach for a precise control over the chirality of the bulk state of a triangular array of hundreds of symmetrically coupled lasers, by introducing a weak non-Hermitian complex potential, requiring only local on-site control of loss and frequency. In the unperturbed network, lasing supermodes with opposite chirality (staggered vortex and staggered antivortex) are equally probable. We show that by tuning the complex potential to an exceptional point, a nearly pure chiral lasing supermode is achieved. While our approach is applicable to any oscillators network, we demonstrate how the inherent nonlinearity of the lasers effectively pulls the network to the exceptional point, making the chirality extremely resilient against noise and imperfections.
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- Sagie Gadasi
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Longhi S. Non-Hermitian laser arrays with tunable phase locking. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:2040-2043. [PMID: 35427331 DOI: 10.1364/ol.456100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Inspired by the idea of non-Hermitian spectral engineering and non-Hermitian skin effect, a novel, to the best of our knowledge, design for stable emission of coupled laser arrays with tunable phase locking and strong supermode competition suppression is suggested. We consider a linear array of coupled resonators with asymmetric mode coupling displaying the non-Hermitian skin effect and show that, under suitable tailoring of complex frequencies of the two edge resonators, the laser array can stably emit in a single extended supermode with tunable phase locking and with strong suppression of all other skin supermodes. The proposed laser array design offers strong robustness against both structural imperfections of the system and dynamical instabilities typical of semiconductor laser arrays.
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Liu T, An S, Gu Z, Liang S, Gao H, Ma G, Zhu J. Chirality-switchable acoustic vortex emission via non-Hermitian selective excitation at an exceptional point. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2022; 67:1131-1136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhang H, Sha X, Chen Q, Cheng J, Ji Z, Song Q, Yu S, Xiao S. All-Dielectric Metasurface-Enabled Multiple Vortex Emissions. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2109255. [PMID: 35128735 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202109255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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On-chip integrated micro- and nanoscale vortex lasers are key elements for addressing the exponentially growing demand for information capacity. Although tunable vortex microlasers have been reported, each laser pulse still possesses one particular topological charge and requires additional multiplexing. In this study, the simultaneous generation of coherent laser arrays with different topological charges by combining metalenses with semiconductor microlasers is demonstrated. A TiO2 vortex metalens converts two orbital angular momentum beams into the same diffraction-limit spot with opposite circular polarizations through spin-to-orbital conversion. Consequently, the microlaser emission at the focal spot, which can be decomposed into two circularly polarized beams, is collimated into vortex microlaser beams with two different topological charges through a time-reversal process. This concept is extended to a 2 × 2 metalens array by introducing off-axis terms, and eight topological charges are produced simultaneously. This research is a significant step toward the on-chip integration of micro- and nanolasers.
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- Hui Zhang
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Zhou L, Wen Y, Shen Y, Sun J, Zhou J. Optical Vector Vortex Generation by Spherulites with Cylindrical Anisotropy. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:2444-2449. [PMID: 35230850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Materials with crystalline structures of circular symmetry are rare in nature; however, they are highly desired in optical applications with structured lights, whose characteristics are of cylindrical symmetry. In this work, using a naturally existing circular anisotropy from a spherulite formed by molecular self-assembly, we obtain a cylindrical vector optical vortex beam generation transformed from the spin angular momentum in the wide visible range. The proposed strategy provides promising and broad opportunities for the applications of spherulites in the generation of structured lights and modulations of both the polarization and the angular momentum.
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- Yuanfeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Pi H, Yu W, Yan J, Fang X. Coherent generation of arbitrary first-order Poincaré sphere beams on an Si chip. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:7342-7355. [PMID: 35299499 DOI: 10.1364/oe.438695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Generalized vector vortex light beams possess spatially variant polarization states, and higher-order Poincaré spheres represent a powerful analytical tool for analyzing these intriguing and complicated optical fields. For the generation of these vortex beams, a range of different methods have been explored, with an increasing emphasis placed on compact, integrated devices. Here, we demonstrate via numerical simulation, for the first time, an on-chip light emitter that allows for the controllable generation of all points on a first-order Poincaré sphere (FOPS). The FOPS beam generator consists of a waveguide-coupled, nanostructured Si microring resonator that converts two guided, coherent light waves into freely propagating output light. By matching their whispering gallery modes with the nanostructures, the fundamental TE (transverse electric) and TM (transverse magnetic) input modes produce radial and azimuthal polarizations, respectively. These two linear polarizations can form a pair of eigenstates for the FOPS. Consequently, tuning the phase contrast and the intensity ratio of these two coherent inputs allows for the generation of an arbitrary point on the FOPS. This result indicates a new way for on-chip vector vortex beam generation, which may be applied for integrated optical tweezers and high-capacity optical communications.
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Qiao Z, Gong C, Liao Y, Wang C, Chan KK, Zhu S, Kim M, Chen YC. Tunable Optical Vortex from a Nanogroove-Structured Optofluidic Microlaser. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:1425-1432. [PMID: 34817181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Optical vortices with tunable properties in multiple dimensions are highly desirable in modern photonics, particularly for broadly tunable wavelengths and topological charges at the micrometer scale. Compared to solid-state approaches, here we demonstrate tunable optical vortices through the fusion of optofluidics and vortex beams in which the handedness, topological charges, and lasing wavelengths could be fully adjusted and dynamically controlled. Nanogroove structures inscribed in Fabry-Pérot optofluidic microcavities were proposed to generate optical vortices by converting Hermite-Gaussian laser modes. Topological charges could be controlled by tuning the lengths of the nanogroove structures. Vortex laser beams spanning a wide spectral band (430-630 nm) were achieved by alternating different liquid gain materials. Finally, dynamic switching of vortex laser wavelengths in real-time was realized through an optofluidic vortex microlaser device. The findings provide a robust yet flexible approach for generating on-chip vortex sources with multiple dimensions, high tunability, and reconfigurability.
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- Zhen Qiao
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Wu C, Kumar S, Kan Y, Komisar D, Wang Z, Bozhevolnyi SI, Ding F. Room-temperature on-chip orbital angular momentum single-photon sources. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabk3075. [PMID: 35020431 PMCID: PMC8754403 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abk3075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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On-chip photon sources carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) are in demand for high-capacity optical information processing in both classical and quantum regimes. However, currently exploited integrated OAM sources have been primarily limited to the classical regime. Here, we demonstrate a room-temperature on-chip integrated OAM source that emits well-collimated single photons, with a single-photon purity of g(2)(0) ≈ 0.22, carrying entangled spin and OAM states and forming two spatially separated entangled radiation channels with different polarization properties. The OAM-encoded single photons are generated by efficiently outcoupling diverging surface plasmon polaritons excited with a deterministically positioned quantum emitter via Archimedean spiral gratings. Our OAM single-photon source platform bridges the gap between conventional OAM manipulation and nonclassical light sources, enabling high-dimensional and large-scale photonic quantum systems for quantum information processing.
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- Cuo Wu
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
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- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
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- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
- College of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
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- Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark
- Corresponding author.
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Keitel RC, le Feber B, Dettlaff KM, Brechbühler R, De Leo E, Rojo H, Norris DJ. Single-Pulse Measurement of Orbital Angular Momentum Generated by Microring Lasers. ACS NANO 2021; 15:19185-19193. [PMID: 34780165 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Optical beams with helical phase fronts carry orbital angular momentum (OAM). To exploit this property in integrated photonics, micrometer-scale devices that generate beams with well-defined OAM are needed. Consequently, lasers based on microring resonators decorated with azimuthal grating elements have been investigated. However, future development of such devices requires better methods to determine their OAM, as current approaches are challenging to implement and interpret. If a simple and more sensitive technique were available, OAM microring lasers could be better understood and further improved. In particular, despite most devices being pulsed, their OAM output has been assumed to be constant. OAM fluctuations, which are detrimental for applications, need to be quantified. Here, we fabricate quantum-dot microring lasers and demonstrate a simple measurement method that can straightforwardly determine the magnitude and sign of the OAM down to the level of individual laser pulses. We exploit a Fourier microscope with a cylindrical lens and then investigate three types of microring lasers: with circular symmetry, with "blazed" grating elements, and with unidirectional rotational modes. Our results confirm that previous measurement techniques obscured key details about the OAM generation. For example, while time-averaged OAM from our unidirectional laser is very similar to our blazed grating device, single-pulse measurements show that detrimental effects of mode competition are almost entirely suppressed in the former. Nevertheless, even in this case, the OAM output exhibits shot-to-shot fluctuations. Thus, our approach reveals important details in the underlying device operation that can aid in the improvement of micrometer-scale sources with pure OAM output.
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- Robert C Keitel
- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Dorrah AH, Rubin NA, Tamagnone M, Zaidi A, Capasso F. Structuring total angular momentum of light along the propagation direction with polarization-controlled meta-optics. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6249. [PMID: 34716326 PMCID: PMC8556329 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26253-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Recent advances in wavefront shaping have enabled complex classes of Structured Light which carry spin and orbital angular momentum, offering new tools for light-matter interaction, communications, and imaging. Controlling both components of angular momentum along the propagation direction can potentially extend such applications to 3D. However, beams of this kind have previously been realized using bench-top setups, requiring multiple interaction with light of a fixed input polarization, thus impeding their widespread applications. Here, we introduce two classes of metasurfaces that lift these constraints, namely: i) polarization-switchable plates that couple any pair of orthogonal polarizations to two vortices in which the magnitude and/or sense of vorticity vary locally with propagation, and ii) versatile plates that can structure both components of angular momentum, spin and orbital, independently, along the optical path while operating on incident light of any polarization. Compact and integrated devices of this type can advance light-matter interaction and imaging and may enable applications that are not accessible via other wavefront shaping tools. Creating complex forms of structured light typically requires bulky optics and multiple interactions with incident light. Here the authors demonstrate versatile control over light’s polarization and orbital angular momentum along the propagation direction with a single metasurface.
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- Ahmed H Dorrah
- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.,Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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