Generation and manipulation of multiple multidimensional perfect Poincaré beams enabled by a single-layer all-dielectric geometric metasurface

Ximin Tian; Shenglan Zhang; Yaning Xu; Junwei Xu; Yafeng Huang; Liang Li; Jielong Liu; Kun Xu; Xiaolong Ma; Linjie Fu; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.3788/COL202523.062601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 6, 062601(2025)

Generation and manipulation of multiple multidimensional perfect Poincaré beams enabled by a single-layer all-dielectric geometric metasurface

Ximin Tian¹, Shenglan Zhang¹, Yaning Xu¹, Junwei Xu^1、*, Yafeng Huang², Liang Li¹, Jielong Liu¹, Kun Xu¹, Xiaolong Ma¹, Linjie Fu¹, and Zhi-Yuan Li^2、**

Author Affiliations

¹School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450046, China

²College of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Ximin Tian, Shenglan Zhang, Yaning Xu, Junwei Xu, Yafeng Huang, Liang Li, Jielong Liu, Kun Xu, Xiaolong Ma, Linjie Fu, Zhi-Yuan Li, "Generation and manipulation of multiple multidimensional perfect Poincaré beams enabled by a single-layer all-dielectric geometric metasurface," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 062601 (2025)

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