Structured light from lasers

A Forbes - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Structured light is derived from the ability to tailor light, usually referring to the spatial control
of its amplitude, phase, and polarization. Although a venerable topic that dates back to the …

Progress in high-power and high-intensity structured light

J Harrison, D Naidoo, A Forbes, A Dudley - Advances in Physics: X, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Structured light refers to the ability to tailor light in its many degrees of freedom, from the
traditional control in time and space to more exotic multi-dimensional control for new forms …

[HTML][HTML] The generation and verification of Bessel-Gaussian beam based on coherent beam combining

T Yu, H Xia, W Xie, G Xiao, H Li - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a method to generate Bessel-Gaussian (BG) beam by Gaussian beam array
where beamlets are arranged along a circle. The phase difference between adjacent …

Comprehensive investigation on producing high-power orbital angular momentum beams by coherent combining technology

D Zhi, T Hou, P Ma, Y Ma, P Zhou, R Tao… - High Power Laser …, 2019 - cambridge.org
High-power orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams have distinct advantages in improving
capacity and data receiving for free-space optical communication systems at long distances …

Orbital angular momentum mode detection of the combined vortex beam generated by coherent combining technology

T Yu, H Xia, W Xie, Y Peng - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Coherent beam combining (CBC) technology has distinct advantages in generating high
power vortex beam. In this paper, a circularly arranged coherent beam array (CBA) with …

Free space propagation of concentric vortices through underwater turbid environments

KS Morgan, JK Miller, BM Cochenour, W Li, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Concentric optical vortex beams of 3-petal, 5-petal, and 6-petal spatial profiles are
generated at 450 nm using a single diffractive optical element. The spatial and temporal …

Amplification of higher-order Laguerre-Gaussian modes using a dual-pass MOPA system

J Harrison, A Forbes, D Naidoo - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Structured light beams that are tailored for purpose have found a myriad of applications,
from improved efficiency of laser-based industrial manufacturing processes to enhanced …

Diffractive Theory Study of Twisted Light's Evolution during Phase‐Only OAM Manipulations

ZY Zhou, ZH Zhu, BS Shi - Quantum Engineering, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Twisted light, or orbital angular momentum (OAM) carrying beams or photons, is a pillar of
structured photonics, a booming subfield of modern optics. The generation and …

Intense vortical-field generation using coherent superposition of multiple vortex beams

X Guo, X Zhang, D Xu, W Chen, Y Guo, K Lan… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Coherent beam combining technology applied to multiple vortex beams is a promising
method to generate high-power vortex beams. We utilize the coherent combination of …

Higher order Bessel beams integrated in time (HOBBIT) with engineered light frequencies (ELFS)

T Cramer, JK Miller, M Reid, E Robertson, J Wiley… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents a scheme exploiting a uniform circular frequency diverse array (UC-
FDA) of optical beamlets to realize non-diffracting beams with unprecedented switching …