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Observation of spatiotemporal optical vortices enabled by symmetry-breaking slanted nanograting

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  • Pengcheng Huo

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Wei Chen

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Zixuan Zhang

    (Peking University)

  • Yanzeng Zhang

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Mingze Liu

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Peicheng Lin

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Hui Zhang

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Zhaoxian Chen

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Henri Lezec

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

  • Wenqi Zhu

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology
    University of Maryland)

  • Amit Agrawal

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

  • Chao Peng

    (Peking University)

  • Yanqing Lu

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

  • Ting Xu

    (Nanjing University
    Nanjing University)

Abstract

Providing additional degrees of freedom to manipulate light, spatiotemporal optical vortex (STOV) beams carrying transverse orbital angular momentum are of fundamental importance for spatiotemporal control of light-matter interactions. Unfortunately, existing methods to generate STOV are plagued by various limitations such as inefficiency, bulkiness, and complexity. Here, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a microscale singlet platform composed of a slanted nanograting to generate STOV. Leveraging the intrinsic topological singularity induced by C2 symmetry and z-mirror symmetry breaking of the slanted nanograting, STOV is generated through the Fourier transform of the spiral phase in the momentum-frequency space to the spatiotemporal domain. In experiments, we observe the space-time evolution of STOV carried by femtosecond pulses using a time-resolved interferometry technique and achieve a generation efficiency exceeding 40%. Our work sheds light on a compact and versatile platform for light pulse shaping, and paves the way towards a fully integrated system for spatiotemporal light manipulation.

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  • Pengcheng Huo & Wei Chen & Zixuan Zhang & Yanzeng Zhang & Mingze Liu & Peicheng Lin & Hui Zhang & Zhaoxian Chen & Henri Lezec & Wenqi Zhu & Amit Agrawal & Chao Peng & Yanqing Lu & Ting Xu, 2024. "Observation of spatiotemporal optical vortices enabled by symmetry-breaking slanted nanograting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47475-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47475-2
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