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ArticleNature communications2025

Observation of helical pulses.

Ren Wang, Shuai Shi, Zeyi Zhang, Bing-Zhong Wang, Nilo Mata-Cervera, Miguel A Porras, Yijie Shen

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Ren WangInstitute of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. rwang@uestc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-9913
Shuai ShiInstitute of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Zeyi ZhangInstitute of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Bing-Zhong WangInstitute of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Nilo Mata-CerveraCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-5102
Miguel A PorrasGrupo de Sistemas Complejos, ETSIME, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8058-9377
Yijie ShenCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. yijie.shen@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6700-9902

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62171081, 61901086, U2341207
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Abstract

Ultrafast spatiotemporal vortex pulses constitute a category within spatiotemporal topological waves. Nevertheless, the experimental realization of helical pulses-single- or few-cycle short vortex pulses characterized by space-time nonseparability-remains elusive to date. Here, we introduce two complementary methods for experimentally generating such space-time nonseparable helical pulses (SNHPs) in the optical and microwave spectral regimes. We achieve few-cycle quasi-linearly polarized SNHPs by decomposing the optical toroidal pulses into their polarization components. We also generated single-cycle non-transverse SNHPs directly from a microwave ultrawideband spiral emitter. These approaches enable the experimental realization of SNHPs and provide a platform for further investigation into their properties and applications, such as nontrivial light-matter interactions and optical communications.

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