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Structured Light by linking together diffraction-resistant spatially shaped beams: "LEGO-BEAMS" by Zamboni-Rached, Michel; Recami, Erasmo; Vieira, Tarcio A.; Gesualdi, Marcos R. R.; Pereira, J. N. is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Structured Light by linking together diffraction-resistant spatially shaped beams: "LEGO-BEAMS" about?

In this paper we present a theoretical method, together with its experimental confirmation, to obtain structures of light by connecting diffraction-resistant cylindrical beams of finite lengths and different radii. The resulting "Lego-beams" can assume, on demand, various unprecedented spatial configurations. We also experimentally generate some of them on using a computational holographic technique and a spatial light modulator. Our new, interesting method of linking together various "pieces of light" can find applications in all fields where structured light beams are needed: in particular, such as optical tweezers, e.g. for biological manipulations, optical guiding of atoms, light orbital angular momentum control, holography, lithography, non-linear-optics, interaction of electromagnetic radiation with Bose-Einstein condensates, and so on, besides the field in general of Localized Waves (non-diffracting beams and pulses).

Author

Zamboni-Rached, Michel; Recami, Erasmo; Vieira, Tarcio A.; Gesualdi, Marcos R. R.; Pereira, J. N.

Published

2017

Language

EN