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ArticleNature communications2023

Dynamic control of hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beams.

Hammad Ahmed, Muhammad Afnan Ansari, Yan Li, Thomas Zentgraf, Muhammad Qasim Mehmood, Xianzhong Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Hammad AhmedInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-3260
Muhammad Afnan AnsariInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-6306
Yan LiInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
Thomas ZentgrafDepartment of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-1101
Muhammad Qasim MehmoodMicroNano Lab, Electrical Engineering Department, Information Technology University (ITU) of the Punjab, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-2137
Xianzhong ChenInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. x.chen@hw.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-1548

Funding

Leverhulme Trust RPG-2021-145RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/P029892/1Royal Society IES\R3\193046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perfect vector vortex beams (PVVBs) have attracted considerable interest due to their peculiar optical features. PVVBs are typically generated through the superposition of perfect vortex beams, which suffer from the limited number of topological charges (TCs). Furthermore, dynamic control of PVVBs is desirable and has not been reported. We propose and experimentally demonstrate hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beams (GPVVBs) and their dynamic control. Hybrid GPVVBs are generated through the superposition of grafted perfect vortex beams with a multifunctional metasurface. The generated hybrid GPVVBs possess spatially variant rates of polarization change due to the involvement of more TCs. Each hybrid GPVVB includes different GPVVBs in the same beam, adding more design flexibility. Moreover, these beams are dynamically controlled with a rotating half waveplate. The generated dynamic GPVVBs may find applications in the fields where dynamic control is in high demand, including optical encryption, dense data communication, and multiple particle manipulation.

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PMID37400452
PMCPMC10318044

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