1
|
Ding J, Peng S. All-dielectric super-lattice metasurfaces with fivefold spatial resolution enhancement for structured illumination microscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2024; 49:3230-3233. [PMID: 38824370 DOI: 10.1364/ol.524514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
Abstract
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is a promising imaging technique for high-resolution imaging with a wide field of view. Although a periodic nanostructure is a versatile platform for engineering the spatial frequency of structured illumination patterns in SIM, challenges remain, including artifacts from Fourier space gaps. We designed an all-dielectric super-lattice metasurface (ADSLM) to generate structured illumination patterns with enhanced spatial frequency and broadened spatial frequency coverage with no intermediate frequency gaps. Our numerical simulations reveal that ADSLM-based image reconstruction is capable of producing high-contrast, artifact-free images, resulting in enhanced spatial resolution up to 5.7-fold for coherent SIM at 450 nm. Our results show that the ADSLM-SIM technique may facilitate high-resolution imaging using CMOS-compatible substrates, offering potential for compact miniaturized imaging applications.
Collapse
|
2
|
Fanciulli M, Pancaldi M, Pedersoli E, Vimal M, Bresteau D, Luttmann M, De Angelis D, Ribič PR, Rösner B, David C, Spezzani C, Manfredda M, Sousa R, Prejbeanu IL, Vila L, Dieny B, De Ninno G, Capotondi F, Sacchi M, Ruchon T. Observation of Magnetic Helicoidal Dichroism with Extreme Ultraviolet Light Vortices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:077401. [PMID: 35244431 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.077401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We report on the experimental evidence of magnetic helicoidal dichroism, observed in the interaction of an extreme ultraviolet vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum with a magnetic vortex. Numerical simulations based on classical electromagnetic theory show that this dichroism is based on the interference of light modes with different orbital angular momenta, which are populated after the interaction between light and the magnetic topology. This observation gives insight into the interplay between orbital angular momentum and magnetism and sets the framework for the development of new analytical tools to investigate ultrafast magnetization dynamics.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Mauro Fanciulli
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux et Surfaces, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise, France
| | - Matteo Pancaldi
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
| | | | - Mekha Vimal
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - David Bresteau
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Martin Luttmann
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Dario De Angelis
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Carlo Spezzani
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
| | - Michele Manfredda
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
| | - Ricardo Sousa
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - Ioan-Lucian Prejbeanu
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - Laurent Vila
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - Bernard Dieny
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG-SPINTEC, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - Giovanni De Ninno
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
- Laboratory of Quantum Optics, University of Nova Gorica, 5001 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - Flavio Capotondi
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
| | - Maurizio Sacchi
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, 75005 Paris, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, B. P. 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Thierry Ruchon
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Lee YU, Zhao J, Ma Q, Khorashad LK, Posner C, Li G, Wisna GBM, Burns Z, Zhang J, Liu Z. Metamaterial assisted illumination nanoscopy via random super-resolution speckles. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1559. [PMID: 33692354 PMCID: PMC7946936 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21835-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is one of the most powerful and versatile optical super-resolution techniques. Compared with other super-resolution methods, SIM has shown its unique advantages in wide-field imaging with high temporal resolution and low photon damage. However, traditional SIM only has about 2 times spatial resolution improvement compared to the diffraction limit. In this work, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an easily-implemented, low-cost method to extend the resolution of SIM, named speckle metamaterial-assisted illumination nanoscopy (speckle-MAIN). A metamaterial structure is introduced to generate speckle-like sub-diffraction-limit illumination patterns in the near field with improved spatial frequency. Such patterns, similar to traditional SIM, are then used to excite objects on top of the surface. We demonstrate that speckle-MAIN can bring the resolution down to 40 nm and beyond. Speckle-MAIN represents a new route for super-resolution, which may lead to important applications in bio-imaging and surface characterization. Structured illumination microscopy is usually limited to 2 times spatial resolution improvement over the diffraction limit. Here, the authors introduce a metamaterial structure to generate speckle-like sub-diffraction limit illumination patterns in the near field, and achieve a 7-fold resolution improvement down to 40 nm.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yeon Ui Lee
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Junxiang Zhao
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Qian Ma
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | | | - Clara Posner
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Guangru Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - G Bimananda M Wisna
- Material Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Zachary Burns
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Jin Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Zhaowei Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA. .,Material Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA. .,Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Wang Y, Yong K, Tang S, Zhang R. Illumination characteristics of vortex beams in dark-field microscopic systems. APPLIED OPTICS 2021; 60:2269-2274. [PMID: 33690324 DOI: 10.1364/ao.417110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
A Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) vortex beam is employed as an illumination source for a dark-field microscopy imaging system. To discover the influences of beam characteristics on the imaging quality, an analysis model has been established to show the light-field change rule on both object and image planes. The analytic expressions of the light field on the two planes are deduced. When a rectangular defect is simulated, the light distributions on the object and image planes with different parameters are calculated. The results show that the size of the beam spot on the object plane can be changed by adjusting the topological charge of the vortex beam to obtain the best imaging effect for defects of different scales.
Collapse
|
5
|
Ikonnikov DA, Myslivets SA, Volochaev MN, Arkhipkin VG, Vyunishev AM. Two-dimensional Talbot effect of the optical vortices and their spatial evolution. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20315. [PMID: 33219315 PMCID: PMC7679389 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77418-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We report on the experimental and theoretical study of the near-field diffraction of optical vortices (OVs) at a two-dimensional diffraction grating. The Talbot effect for the optical vortices in the visible range is experimentally observed and the respective Talbot carpets for the optical vortices are experimentally obtained for the first time. It is shown that the spatial configuration of the light field behind the grating represents a complex three-dimensional lattice of beamlet-like optical vortices. A unit cell of the OV lattice is reconstructed using the experimental data and the spatial evolution of the beamlet intensity and phase singularities of the optical vortices is demonstrated. In addition, the self-healing effect for the optical vortices, which consists in flattening of the central dip in the annular intensity distribution, i.e., restoring the image of the object plane predicted earlier is observed. The calculated results agree well with the experimental ones. The results obtained can be used to create and optimize the 3D OV lattices for a wide range of application areas.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Denis A Ikonnikov
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036
| | - Sergey A Myslivets
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.,Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660041
| | - Mikhail N Volochaev
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036
| | - Vasily G Arkhipkin
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.,Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660041
| | - Andrey M Vyunishev
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036. .,Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660041.
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Ikonnikov DA, Vyunishev AM. Tailoring diffraction of light carrying orbital angular momenta. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:3909-3912. [PMID: 32667316 DOI: 10.1364/ol.389019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
A unified approach to controlling the diffraction of light carrying orbital angular momenta (OAM) is developed and experimentally verified in this Letter. This approach allows one to specify not only the number of diffraction maxima, their spatial frequencies, and the intensity distribution between them, but also the OAM in each maximum. It is verified that the approach can be used for structuring both single and multiple beams carrying OAMs. Simulations reveal phase singularities in structured beams. In addition, the approach makes it possible to shape the light in regular and irregular two-dimensional arrays with addressing the OAMs at each site. This approach offers new opportunities for singular optics.
Collapse
|
7
|
Bai C, Chen J, Zhang Y, Kanwal S, Zhang D, Zhan Q. Shift of the surface plasmon polariton interference pattern in symmetrical arc slit structures and its application to Rayleigh metallic particle trapping. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:21210-21219. [PMID: 32680166 DOI: 10.1364/oe.398115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In symmetric nano/micro metal slit structures, interference patterns are produced by counter-propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in the the center of structures, which can be employed to improve the resolution of microscopy and surface etching and to realize particle trapping. This paper focuses on the shift of the SPP interference patterns in the symmetric arc slit structures. The excitation models with one incident beam and two incident beams are established and analyzed respectively, and methods to shift the SPP interference patterns via adjusting the tilt angle and initial phase of the excitation beams are compared. The FDTD simulation results show that these methods can precisely shift the SPP interference patterns in the symmetrical arc slits. Compared to the linear slits, the SPP waves arising from arc slits are more strongly focused, resulting in a stronger gradient force. The characteristics of stronger focus and dynamic shifting of the focal spot give the symmetric arc slit structure unique advantages in the capture and transfer of the Rayleigh metallic particle.
Collapse
|
8
|
Feng F, Si G, Min C, Yuan X, Somekh M. On-chip plasmonic spin-Hall nanograting for simultaneously detecting phase and polarization singularities. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:95. [PMID: 32528669 PMCID: PMC7260171 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-0330-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Phase and polarization singularities are important degrees of freedom for electromagnetic field manipulation. Detecting these singularities is essential for modern optics, but it is still a challenge, especially in integrated optical systems. In this paper, we propose an on-chip plasmonic spin-Hall nanograting structure that simultaneously detects both the polarization and phase singularities of the incident cylindrical vortex vector beam (CVVB). The nanograting is symmetry-breaking with different periods for the upper and lower parts, which enables the unidirectional excitation of the surface plasmon polariton depending on the topological charge of the incident optical vortex beam. Additionally, spin-Hall meta-slits are integrated onto the grating so that the structure has a chiral response for polarization detection. We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the designed structure fully discriminates both the topological charges and polarization states of the incident beam simultaneously. The proposed structure has great potential in compact integrated photonic circuits.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Fu Feng
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
| | - Guangyuan Si
- Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility, Clayton, VIC Australia
| | - Changjun Min
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
| | - Xiaocong Yuan
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
| | - Michael Somekh
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Stella U, Grosjean T, De Leo N, Boarino L, Munzert P, Lakowicz JR, Descrovi E. Vortex Beam Generation by Spin-Orbit Interaction with Bloch Surface Waves. ACS PHOTONICS 2020; 7:774-783. [PMID: 33644254 PMCID: PMC7901667 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Axis-symmetric grooves milled in metallic slabs have been demonstrated to promote the transfer of Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) from far- to near-field and vice versa, thanks to spin-orbit coupling effects involving Surface Plasmons (SP). However, the high absorption losses and the polarization constraints, which are intrinsic in plasmonic structures, limit their effectiveness for applications in the visible spectrum, particularly if emitters located in close proximity to the metallic surface are concerned. Here, an alternative mechanism for vortex beam generation is presented, wherein a free-space radiation possessing OAM is obtained by diffraction of Bloch Surface Waves (BSWs) on a dielectric multilayer. A circularly polarized laser beam is tightly focused on the multilayer surface by means of an immersion optics, such that TE-polarized BSWs are launched radially from the focused spot. While propagating on the multilayer surface, BSWs exhibit a spiral-like wavefront due to the Spin-Orbit Interaction (SOI). A spiral grating surrounding the illumination area provides for the BSW diffraction out-of-plane and imparts an additional azimuthal geometric phase distribution defined by the topological charge of the spiral structure. At infinity, the constructive interference results into free-space beams with defined combinations of polarization and OAM satisfying the conservation of the Total Angular Momentum, based on the incident polarization handedness and the spiral grating topological charge. As an extension of this concept, chiral diffractive structures for BSWs can be used in combination with surface cavities hosting light sources therein.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ugo Stella
- Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT),
Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino,
IT-10129, Italy
| | - Thierry Grosjean
- FEMTO-ST Institute, Université
Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6174 15B Avenue des Montboucons,
25030, Besançon, France
| | - Natascia De Leo
- Quantum Research Laboratories & Nanofacility
Piemonte, Advanced Materials Metrology and Life Science Division, Istituto
Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Strada delle Cacce 91, Torino,
IT-10135, Italy
| | - Luca Boarino
- Quantum Research Laboratories & Nanofacility
Piemonte, Advanced Materials Metrology and Life Science Division, Istituto
Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Strada delle Cacce 91, Torino,
IT-10135, Italy
| | - Peter Munzert
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics
and Precision Engineering IOF, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, Jena DE-07745,
Germany
| | - Joseph R. Lakowicz
- Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United
States
| | - Emiliano Descrovi
- Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT),
Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino,
IT-10129, Italy
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Jin X, Ding X, Tan J, Yao X, Shen C, Zhou X, Tan C, Liu S, Liu Z. Structured illumination imaging without grating rotation based on mirror operation on 1D Fourier spectrum. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:2016-2028. [PMID: 30732246 PMCID: PMC6410912 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.002016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is a rapidly developing a super-resolution optical microscopy technique. With SIM, the grating is needed in order to rotate several angles for illuminating the sample in different directions. Multiple rotations reduce the imaging speed and grating rotation angle errors damage the image recovery quality. We introduce mirror transformation on one-dimension (1D) Fourier spectrum to SIM for resolving the problems of low imaging speed and severe impact on image reconstruction quality by grating rotation angle errors. When mirror operation and SIM are combined, the grating is placed at an orientation for obtaining three shadow images. The three shadow images are acquired by CCD at three different phase shift for a direction of grating. Thus, the SIM imaging speed is faster and the effect on image reconstruction quality by grating rotation angle errors is greatly reduced.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xin Jin
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
| | - Xuemei Ding
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Key Lab of Ultra-precision Intelligent Instrumentation (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150080, USA
| | - Jiubin Tan
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Key Lab of Ultra-precision Intelligent Instrumentation (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150080, USA
| | - Xincheng Yao
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
| | - Cheng Shen
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - Xuyang Zhou
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
| | - Cuimei Tan
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Modern Geometric and Mechanical Metrology Technology, Guangdong Institute of Metrology, Guangzhou 510405, China
| | - Shutian Liu
- Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
| | - Zhengjun Liu
- Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Key Lab of Ultra-precision Intelligent Instrumentation (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150080, USA
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Shen Y, Wang X, Xie Z, Min C, Fu X, Liu Q, Gong M, Yuan X. Optical vortices 30 years on: OAM manipulation from topological charge to multiple singularities. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2019; 8:90. [PMID: 31645934 PMCID: PMC6804826 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-019-0194-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 384] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Thirty years ago, Coullet et al. proposed that a special optical field exists in laser cavities bearing some analogy with the superfluid vortex. Since then, optical vortices have been widely studied, inspired by the hydrodynamics sharing similar mathematics. Akin to a fluid vortex with a central flow singularity, an optical vortex beam has a phase singularity with a certain topological charge, giving rise to a hollow intensity distribution. Such a beam with helical phase fronts and orbital angular momentum reveals a subtle connection between macroscopic physical optics and microscopic quantum optics. These amazing properties provide a new understanding of a wide range of optical and physical phenomena, including twisting photons, spin-orbital interactions, Bose-Einstein condensates, etc., while the associated technologies for manipulating optical vortices have become increasingly tunable and flexible. Hitherto, owing to these salient properties and optical manipulation technologies, tunable vortex beams have engendered tremendous advanced applications such as optical tweezers, high-order quantum entanglement, and nonlinear optics. This article reviews the recent progress in tunable vortex technologies along with their advanced applications.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yijie Shen
- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
| | - Xuejiao Wang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Public Safety Risk Perception and Control by Big Data (NEL-PSRPC), China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology of CETC, China Electronic Technology Group Corporation, 100041 Beijing, China
| | - Zhenwei Xie
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
| | - Changjun Min
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
| | - Xing Fu
- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
| | - Qiang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
| | - Mali Gong
- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
| | - Xiaocong Yuan
- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Kuo CF, Chu SC. Dynamic control of the interference pattern of surface plasmon polaritons and its application to particle manipulation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:19123-19136. [PMID: 30114172 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.019123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
This study proposes a method of dynamically controlling the interference pattern of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) within a four-slit structure by changing the phase difference between multiple-incident Gaussian beams. The theoretical analysis of the controlling mechanism of the SPP interference field and the numerical simulation of the generation and movement of both one-dimensional and two-dimensional SPP interference fields are provided. In addition, through simulation, this study demonstrates using the controllable two-dimensional SPP interference bright spots field for manipulating particles in static liquids.
Collapse
|