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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Light structuring via nonlinear total angular momentum addition with flat optics.

Evgenii Menshikov, Paolo Franceschini, Kristina Frizyuk, Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, Andrea Tognazzi, Alfonso Carmelo Cino, Denis Garoli, Mihail Petrov, Domenico de Ceglia, Costantino De Angelis

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Evgenii MenshikovDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.
Paolo FranceschiniDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-7668
Kristina FrizyukDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.
Ivan Fernandez-CorbatonKarlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstrasse, 12, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany.
Andrea TognazziNational Institute of Optics-National Research Council, Via Branze, 45, Brescia, 25123, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-3917
Alfonso Carmelo CinoDepartment of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 9, Palermo, 90128, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-3172
Denis GaroliDipartimento di Scienze e Metodi dell'Ingegneria, Università Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2, Reggio Emilia, 43122, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-7494
Mihail PetrovNew Uzbekistan University, Mirzo Ulugbek Movarounnahr 1, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8155-9778
Domenico de CegliaDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy. domenico.deceglia@unibs.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-6298
Costantino De AngelisDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-179X

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Abstract

Shaping the structure of light with flat optical devices has driven significant advancements in our fundamental understanding of light and light-matter interactions, and enabled a broad range of applications, from image processing and microscopy to optical communication, quantum information processing, and the manipulation of microparticles. Yet, pushing the boundaries of structured light beyond the linear optical regime remains an open challenge. Nonlinear optical interactions, such as wave mixing in nonlinear flat optics, offer a powerful platform to unlock new degrees of freedom and functionalities for generating and detecting structured light. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate the non-trivial structuring of third-harmonic light enabled by the addition of total angular momentum projection in a nonlinear, isotropic flat optics element-a single thin film of amorphous silicon. We identify the total angular momentum projection and helicity as the most critical properties for analyzing the experimental results. The theoretical approach we propose, supported by numerical simulations, offers quantitative predictions for light structuring through nonlinear wave mixing under various pumping conditions, including vectorial and non-paraxial pump light. Notably, we reveal that the shape of third-harmonic light is highly sensitive to the polarization state of the pump. Our findings demonstrate that harnessing the addition of total angular momentum projection in nonlinear wave mixing can be a powerful strategy for generating and detecting precisely controlled structured light.

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