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ArticleNature communications2024

Optical skyrmions from metafibers with subwavelength features.

Tiantian He, Yuan Meng, Lele Wang, Hongkun Zhong, Nilo Mata-Cervera, Dan Li, Ping Yan, Qiang Liu, Yijie Shen, Qirong Xiao

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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10 authors.

Tiantian He *Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.
Yuan Meng *Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-5610
Lele WangDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.
Hongkun ZhongDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.
Nilo Mata-CerveraCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences & The Photonics Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-5102
Dan LiDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.
Ping YanDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-7019
Qiang LiuDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.
Yijie ShenCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences & The Photonics Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore. yijie.shen@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6700-9902
Qirong XiaoDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, No.1 Qinghua Garden, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China. xiaoqirong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-3939

Funding

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) INCF-2024-007Nanyang Technological University (NTU) RG157/23Nanyang Technological University (NTU) RT11/23National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62075113National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62122040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical skyrmions are an emerging class of structured light with sophisticated particle-like topologies with great potential for revolutionizing modern informatics. However, the current generation of optical skyrmions involves complex or bulky systems, hindering the development of practical applications. Here, exploiting the emergent "lab-on-fiber" technology, we demonstrate the design of a metafiber-integrated photonic skyrmion generator. We not only successfully generate high-quality optical skyrmions from metafibers, but also verify their remarkable properties, such as topology switchability and topology stability with subwavelength polarization features beyond the diffraction limits. Our flexible fiber-integrated optical skyrmions platform paves the avenue for future applications of topologically-enhanced remote super-resolution microscopy and robust information transfer.

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