Polarization plays a crucial role in structured light beams.Besides polarization manipulation on a single transverse plane, controlling polarization along the propagation direction in longitudinal ...

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A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2024.230052 discusses structured light beams with controllable polarization along arbitrary trajectories.

Structured beams of light, which exhibit strange behavior such as bending in a spiral, ... One potential application is in the realm of molecular manipulation and optical tweezers, ...

Recent technological advances have given us a remarkable ability to manipulate and control light waves, opening up numerous applications in various fields, such as optical communication, sensing ...

Structured light and nanomaterials open new ways to tailor light at the nanoscale. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 18, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 04 / 180420122854.htm ...

University of Southampton researchers have developed new nano-structured glass, turning it into new type of computer memory, which has applications in optical manipulation and will significantly ...

Researchers at King’s College London have developed a new technique for instantly switching the polarisation of light. The breakthrough, which has the potential to provide a major boost for data ...

More information: Haoying Sun et al, Ferroelectric topologies in BaTiO 3 nanomembranes for light field manipulation, Nature Nanotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-01919-y ...

What happens when you excite novel assemblies of nanomaterials using structured light? Joint research between Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finland) and University of Tübingen (Germany ...