Optical trapping describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-
objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trapping with a single beam, this is …

As an indispensable complement to an integer vortex beam, the fractional vortex beam has
unique physical properties such as radially notched intensity distribution, complex phase …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Interest in the multiple facets of optical vortices has flourished in the last three decades. This
review examines the basic research and applications of the interplay between optical …

Structured light refers to the ability to tailor optical patterns in all its degrees of freedom, from
conventional 2D transverse patterns to exotic forms of 3D, 4D, and even higher-dimensional …

Self-healing of light refers to the ability of a light field to recover its structure after being
damaged by a partial obstruction placed in its propagation path. Here, we will give a …

Structured light with more extended degrees of freedom (DoFs) and in higher dimensions is
increasingly gaining traction and leading to breakthroughs such as super-resolution …

In this paper, the optical trapping of multiple particles based on a rotationally-symmetric
power-exponent-phase vortex beam (RSPEPVB) was introduced and demonstrated. Based …

Here we functionalized micro-scaled polymer beads with nano-scaled quantum dots and
demonstrate optical trapping and tweezing, with in-situ fluorescence measurement, in an all …

We customize a transversely structured, tunable light landscape on the basis of orbital
angular momentum (OAM)-carrying beams for the purpose of advanced optical …