Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom

Recently, chiral optical fields (COFs) have garnered significant attention due to their multiple controllable degrees of freedom (DOFs), enabling applications in diverse areas such as optical tweezers, manufacturing, and holographic encryption. However, existing schemes fail to achieve precise contr...

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Main Authors: Duo Deng, Xing Liu, Zixin Xu, Zhenjun Yang, Yan Li
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Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2025-06-01
Series:Advanced Photonics Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400230
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description Recently, chiral optical fields (COFs) have garnered significant attention due to their multiple controllable degrees of freedom (DOFs), enabling applications in diverse areas such as optical tweezers, manufacturing, and holographic encryption. However, existing schemes fail to achieve precise control over certain aspects, particularly the fine‐tuning of sidelobes, including their overall shape and structural characteristics, which limits their practical applications. Herein, an approach to achieve fine sculpting of COFs using a modular multilayer annular phase plate (MMAPP) is proposed. By adjusting the number and mode of the annular spiral phase in the two modules of the MMAPP, as well as the axicon phase, the high‐order cross phase, and the low‐order cross phase, the experimental manipulation of nine DOFs of COFs is demonstrated, including the chirality, size, sidelobe number, sidelobe distortion degree, sidelobe segment length, sidelobe segment rotation direction, overall polygonal shape, ellipticity, and rotation angle. The proposed method enhances the modulation capabilities of COFs and gives rise to potential applications in particle manipulation and information encryption.
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spelling doaj-art-ba75102ea810444e87e87d87fc53a2f92025-08-20T02:23:48ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Photonics Research2699-92932025-06-0166n/an/a10.1002/adpr.202400230Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of FreedomDuo Deng0Xing Liu1Zixin Xu2Zhenjun Yang3Yan Li4College of Physics Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang 050024 ChinaCollege of Physics Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang 050024 ChinaCollege of Physics Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang 050024 ChinaCollege of Physics Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang 050024 ChinaDepartment of Optoelectronics Science Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai 264209 ChinaRecently, chiral optical fields (COFs) have garnered significant attention due to their multiple controllable degrees of freedom (DOFs), enabling applications in diverse areas such as optical tweezers, manufacturing, and holographic encryption. However, existing schemes fail to achieve precise control over certain aspects, particularly the fine‐tuning of sidelobes, including their overall shape and structural characteristics, which limits their practical applications. Herein, an approach to achieve fine sculpting of COFs using a modular multilayer annular phase plate (MMAPP) is proposed. By adjusting the number and mode of the annular spiral phase in the two modules of the MMAPP, as well as the axicon phase, the high‐order cross phase, and the low‐order cross phase, the experimental manipulation of nine DOFs of COFs is demonstrated, including the chirality, size, sidelobe number, sidelobe distortion degree, sidelobe segment length, sidelobe segment rotation direction, overall polygonal shape, ellipticity, and rotation angle. The proposed method enhances the modulation capabilities of COFs and gives rise to potential applications in particle manipulation and information encryption.https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400230chiralitydegrees of freedomoptical field manipulationphase modulation
spellingShingle Duo Deng
Xing Liu
Zixin Xu
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Yan Li
Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
Advanced Photonics Research
chirality
degrees of freedom
optical field manipulation
phase modulation
title Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
title_full Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
title_fullStr Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
title_full_unstemmed Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
title_short Precision Construction of Chiral Optical Fields with Nine Controllable Degrees of Freedom
title_sort precision construction of chiral optical fields with nine controllable degrees of freedom
topic chirality
degrees of freedom
optical field manipulation
phase modulation
url https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400230
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