Advancements in Optical Beam Design and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2024) | Viewed by 2373
Special Issue Editor
Interests: terahertz wave; difference frequency generation; DGF crystal; inorganic crystal; organic crystal; QPM crystal; optomechanical synchronization; optomechanical crystal; optomechanical oscillators
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical beam design and manipulation can be achieved using multiple elements, such as spatial light modulators, diffractive optical elements, plasmonic or metasurfaces, etc., which have important applications in plasma excitation, laser precision machining, ultra-continuum spectroscopy, particle manipulation, high-resolution optical microscopy, light bullet generation, etc. Even after decades of research, novel optical beams and their properties, especially in laser communication, imaging, detection and other applications, still need further investigation. This Special Issue provides an overview of the fundamental research, recent advances and potential applications of beam designs, including Airy, Bessel, vortex, pin-like and other newly designed beams, in various fields. The aim of this Special Issue is to explore the physical properties of specially designed optical beams and fully exploit their applications in LIDAR, optical communications, materials science, biomedicine and other fields.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Generation and application of Airy beams;
- Recent advancements in Bessel-like and vortex optical beams;
- Applications of pin-like optical beams;
- Optical beam design in free-space laser communication;
- Future perspectives for beam manipulation;
- Optical beam steering and tunable metasurfaces.
Dr. Ze Zhang
Guest Editor
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