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ArticleNature communications2025

Tailoring spatiotemporal wavepackets via two-dimensional space-time duality.

Wei Chen, An-Zhuo Yu, Zhou Zhou, Ling-Ling Ma, Ze-Yu Wang, Jia-Chen Yang, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Yan-Qing Lu

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  1. Enzyme-Integrated Hydrogels for Advanced Biological Applications.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
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  4. Spatiotemporal Moiré lattice light fields.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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Wei Chen *National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9419-148X
An-Zhuo Yu *National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Zhou ZhouDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-8405-541X
Ling-Ling MaNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. malingling@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-9524
Ze-Yu WangNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Jia-Chen YangNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Cheng-Wei QiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-500X
Yan-Qing LuNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. yqlu@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6151-8557

Funding

Basic Research Program of Jiangsu Province BK20232040National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62305157National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62375119National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) T2488302
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Abstract

Spatiotemporal (ST) beams-ultrafast optical wavepackets with customized spatial and temporal characteristics-present a significant contrast to conventional spatial-structured light and hold the potential to revolutionize our understanding and manipulation of light. However, progress in ST beam research has been constrained by the absence of a universal framework for its analysis and generation. Here, we introduce the concept of 'two-dimensional space-time duality', establishing a foundational duality between spatial-structured light and ST beams. We show that breaking the exact balance between paraxial diffraction and narrow-band dispersion is crucial for guiding the dynamics of ST wavepackets. Leveraging this insight, we pioneer a versatile complex-amplitude modulation strategy, enabling the precise crafting of ST beams with an exceptional fidelity exceeding 97%. Furthermore, we uncover a new range of ST wavepackets by harnessing the exact one-to-one relationship between scalar spatial-structured light and ST beams. Our results expand the toolkit for ST beam research and hold promise for applications across a diverse spectrum of wave-based physical systems.

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