• Opto-Electronic Advances
  • Vol. 5, Issue 3, 210026 (2022)
Yanxiang Zhang1、†, Xiaofei Liu2、†, Han Lin3, Dan Wang1, Ensi Cao1, Shaoding Liu1, Zhongquan Nie1、*, and Baohua Jia3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Lab of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
  • 3Centre of Translational Atomaterials (CTAM), Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
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    DOI: 10.29026/oea.2022.210026 Cite this Article
    Yanxiang Zhang, Xiaofei Liu, Han Lin, Dan Wang, Ensi Cao, Shaoding Liu, Zhongquan Nie, Baohua Jia. Ultrafast multi-target control of tightly focused light fields[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2022, 5(3): 210026 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The control of ultrafast optical field is of great interest in developing ultrafast optics as well as the investigation on various light-matter interactions with ultrashort pulses. However, conventional spatial encoding approaches have only limited steerable targets usually neglecting the temporal effect, thus hindering their broad applications. Here we present a new concept for realizing ultrafast modulation of multi-target focal fields based on the facile combination of time-dependent vectorial diffraction theory with fast Fourier transform. This is achieved by focusing femtosecond pulsed light carrying vectorial-vortex by a single objective lens under tight focusing condition. It is uncovered that the ultrafast temporal degree of freedom within a configurable temporal duration (~400 fs) plays a pivotal role in determining the rich and exotic features of the focused optical field at one time, namely, bright-dark alternation, periodic rotation, and longitudinal/transverse polarization conversion. The underlying control mechanisms have been unveiled. Besides being of academic interest in diverse ultrafast spectral regimes, these peculiar behaviors of the space-time evolutionary beams may underpin prolific ultrafast-related applications such as multifunctional integrated optical chip, high-efficiency laser trapping, microstructure rotation, super-resolution optical microscopy, precise optical measurement, and liveness tracking.
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    Yanxiang Zhang, Xiaofei Liu, Han Lin, Dan Wang, Ensi Cao, Shaoding Liu, Zhongquan Nie, Baohua Jia. Ultrafast multi-target control of tightly focused light fields[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2022, 5(3): 210026
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