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| Title |
Catenary optics for achromatic generation of perfect optical angular momentum
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science Advances, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.1500396 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mingbo Pu, Xiong Li, Xiaoliang Ma, Yanqin Wang, Zeyu Zhao, Changtao Wang, Chenggang Hu, Ping Gao, Cheng Huang, Haoran Ren, Xiangping Li, Fei Qin, Jing Yang, Min Gu, Minghui Hong, Xiangang Luo |
| Abstract |
The catenary is the curve that a free-hanging chain assumes under its own weight, and thought to be a "true mathematical and mechanical form" in architecture by Robert Hooke in the 1670s, with nevertheless no significant phenomena observed in optics. We show that the optical catenary can serve as a unique building block of metasurfaces to produce continuous and linear phase shift covering [0, 2π], a mission that is extremely difficult if not impossible for state-of-the-art technology. Via catenary arrays, planar optical devices are designed and experimentally characterized to generate various kinds of beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). These devices can operate in an ultra-broadband spectrum because the anisotropic modes associated with the spin-orbit interaction are almost independent of the incident light frequency. By combining the optical and topological characteristics, our approach would allow the complete control of photons within a single nanometric layer. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 177 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 12% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 4% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 26 | 14% |
| Unknown | 48 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 53 | 29% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 48 | 27% |
| Materials Science | 14 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 54 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2019.
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