Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 5, 250052(2025)

Generation and detection of a tightly focused uniform optical bubble based on single-beam vector field modulation

Zecan Zheng1, Sicong Wang1、*, Jiahao Feng1, Zhikai Zhou1, Shukang Chen1, Shichao Song1, Zilan Deng1, Fei Qin1, Yaoyu Cao1, and Xiangping Li1
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  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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    Zecan Zheng, Sicong Wang, Jiahao Feng, Zhikai Zhou, Shukang Chen, Shichao Song, Zilan Deng, Fei Qin, Yaoyu Cao, Xiangping Li. Generation and detection of a tightly focused uniform optical bubble based on single-beam vector field modulation[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2025, 52(5): 250052

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    Category: Article

    Received: Feb. 24, 2025

    Accepted: Apr. 30, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: Sicong Wang (王思聪)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.250052

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