Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

HoloTile is a patented computer generated holography approach with the aim of reducing
the speckle noise caused by the overlap of the non-trivial physical extent of the point spread …

Electronic properties such as current flow are generally independent of the electron's spin
angular momentum, an internal degree of freedom possessed by quantum particles. The …

Due to their immunity to diffraction, Bessel light modes potentially offer advantages in
various applications. However, they do exhibit significant intensity variations along their …

We propose a method to obtain improved expressions for the diffraction of circular apertures
in the boundary between near and far field. The method is based on an analysis of the …

Quantum manipulation of individual phonons could offer new resources for studying
fundamental physics and creating an innovative platform in quantum information science …

The spatio-temporal design of ultrafast laser excitation can have a determinant influence on
the physical and engineering aspects of laser–matter interactions, with the potential of …

Using a thermal sample of laser-cooled rubidium atoms, we have constructed a neutral-atom
circuit analogous to an electronic capacitor discharged through a resistor. The atoms are …

We examine the rotational dynamics of spheroidal particles in an optical trap comprising
counter-propagating Gaussian beams of opposing helicity. Isolated spheroids undergo …

Generalized Phase Contrast (GPC) is an efficient method for generating speckle-free
contiguous optical distributions useful in diverse applications such as static beam shaping …