Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization

Bessel beams hold significant potential in optical communications, particle manipulation, and medicine due to their self-healing and nondiffracting properties. However, most existing Bessel beam generation devices are either static or capable of dynamically adjusting only a single characteristic. In...

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Main Authors: Nan Tong, Zhu Zhiyan, Wang Guocui, Wang Yunfei, Sun Shulin, Tian Hao, Zhang Yan
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Published: De Gruyter 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0165
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author Nan Tong
Zhu Zhiyan
Wang Guocui
Wang Yunfei
Sun Shulin
Tian Hao
Zhang Yan
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Zhu Zhiyan
Wang Guocui
Wang Yunfei
Sun Shulin
Tian Hao
Zhang Yan
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description Bessel beams hold significant potential in optical communications, particle manipulation, and medicine due to their self-healing and nondiffracting properties. However, most existing Bessel beam generation devices are either static or capable of dynamically adjusting only a single characteristic. In this paper, we propose a tunable Bessel beam generation scheme based on a moiré meta-device. The device consists of two cascaded layers of all-dielectric metasurfaces. By adjusting the relative rotation between two layers, Bessel beams with varying topological charges can be generated. Moreover, the overall rotation of the cascaded metasurfaces modulates the polarization state of the Bessel beam by leveraging both the propagation phase and geometric phase. Experimental results confirmed the generation of Bessel beams with tunable uniform linear polarization and topological charge, as well as Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and controllable polarization variations along the propagation direction. This method offers a flexible design strategy for the continuous dynamic manipulation of both the transverse and longitudinal optical field properties of Bessel beams. In addition, it may also advance the development of related fields, including optical communications, particle manipulation, and super-resolution imaging.
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spelling doaj-art-b0e26436199742228b42446d1726cb722025-08-20T04:02:32ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142025-06-0114152695270710.1515/nanoph-2025-0165Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarizationNan Tong0Zhu Zhiyan1Wang Guocui2Wang Yunfei3Sun Shulin4Tian Hao5Zhang Yan6School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of ChinaShanghai Engineering Research Centre of Ultra Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of ChinaLaser Micro/Nano-Fabrication Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Metamaterials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics, Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Theory and Technology, Department of Physics, 12379Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of ChinaShanghai Engineering Research Centre of Ultra Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Metamaterials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics, Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Theory and Technology, Department of Physics, 12379Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of ChinaBessel beams hold significant potential in optical communications, particle manipulation, and medicine due to their self-healing and nondiffracting properties. However, most existing Bessel beam generation devices are either static or capable of dynamically adjusting only a single characteristic. In this paper, we propose a tunable Bessel beam generation scheme based on a moiré meta-device. The device consists of two cascaded layers of all-dielectric metasurfaces. By adjusting the relative rotation between two layers, Bessel beams with varying topological charges can be generated. Moreover, the overall rotation of the cascaded metasurfaces modulates the polarization state of the Bessel beam by leveraging both the propagation phase and geometric phase. Experimental results confirmed the generation of Bessel beams with tunable uniform linear polarization and topological charge, as well as Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and controllable polarization variations along the propagation direction. This method offers a flexible design strategy for the continuous dynamic manipulation of both the transverse and longitudinal optical field properties of Bessel beams. In addition, it may also advance the development of related fields, including optical communications, particle manipulation, and super-resolution imaging.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0165bessel beamsmoiré meta-devicetopological chargepolarizationdynamic manipulation
spellingShingle Nan Tong
Zhu Zhiyan
Wang Guocui
Wang Yunfei
Sun Shulin
Tian Hao
Zhang Yan
Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
Nanophotonics
bessel beams
moiré meta-device
topological charge
polarization
dynamic manipulation
title Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
title_full Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
title_fullStr Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
title_full_unstemmed Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
title_short Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
title_sort generation of bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization
topic bessel beams
moiré meta-device
topological charge
polarization
dynamic manipulation
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0165
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