Optical Instruments, Volume. 46, Issue 6, 25(2024)

Vector vortex beams achieve pure transverse energy flow in a 4π tight focus system

Ting SHI1, Mingchao ZHU1, Shenggui FU1, and Zhongsheng MAN1,2、*
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  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Application, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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    In optics, precise transverse energy flow modulation is critical for applications such as optical trapping and optical communications. Although the importance of transverse energy flow modulation techniques has been widely recognized, it is still challenging to achieve pure transverse energy flow modulation in a 4π tight focus system (4π-TFS). In this study, a method is proposed to generate pure transverse energy flow in 4π-TFS. The core of this method is the use of a vectorial vortex beam to achieve pure transverse energy flow by modulating its spatial parameters, such as polarization distribution and topological charge, which in turn leads to the interferential cancellation of longitudinal energy flow in the focal field. The results of this study not only provide an innovative technical way to realize the modulation of pure transverse energy flow, but also have important scientific significance and application prospects for promoting the development of the field of optical field modulation.

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    Ting SHI, Mingchao ZHU, Shenggui FU, Zhongsheng MAN. Vector vortex beams achieve pure transverse energy flow in a 4π tight focus system[J]. Optical Instruments, 2024, 46(6): 25

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    Received: Oct. 30, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: MAN Zhongsheng (zsman@sdut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.202410300098

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