Vectorial light-matter interaction -- exploring spatially structured complex light fields

Abstract

Research on spatially-structured light has seen an explosion in activity over the past decades, powered by technological advances for generating such light, and driven by questions of fundamental science as well as engineering applications. In this review we highlight work on the interaction of vector light fields with atoms, and matter in general. This vibrant research area explores the full potential of light, with clear benefits for classical as well as quantum applications.

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• Revealing the invariance of vectorial structured light in perturbing media
• An atomic compass -- detecting 3D magnetic field alignment with vector vortex light
• Relevance of Longitudinal Fields of Paraxial Optical Vortices
• Gouy-phase-mediated propagation variations and revivals of transverse structure in vectorially structured light
• Arbitrary cylindrical vector beam generation enabled by polarization-selective Gouy phase shifter
• Observation of Anomalous Orbital Angular Momentum Conservation in Parametric Nonlinearity
• Theory of paraxial optical Skyrmions
• Towards efficient quantum memory of orbital angular momentum qubits in cold atoms
• Third-harmonic generation of spatially structured light in a quasi-periodically poled crystal
• Toward arbitrary spin-orbit flat optics via structured geometric phase gratings
• Quantum state transfer between two photons with polarization and orbital angular momentum via quantum teleportation technology
• Trapped atoms in spatially-structured vector light fields
• Real-time superresolution interferometric measurement enabled by structured nonlinear optics
• Electrons in intense laser fields with local phase, polarization, and skyrmionic textures
• Vector optomechanical entanglement
• Phase gradient protection of stored spatially multimode perfect optical vortex beams in a diffused rubidium vapor
• Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum Controlled-SWAP Gate with Multiple Degrees of Freedom of a Single Photon
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• Structured Light Modal Interface via Liquid-Crystal Planar Optics
• Transfer and evolution of structured polarization in a double-V atomic system
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• Interaction of vector light beams with atoms exposed to a time-dependent magnetic field
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• Angular dependency of spatial frequency modulation in diffusion media
• Knife-Edge Diffraction of Scalar and Vector Vortex Light
• Twisted polarization domains and their dynamics
• Visualization of magnetic fields with cylindrical vector beams in a warm atomic vapor
• Experimental Demonstration of Efficient High-dimensional Quantum Gates with Orbital Angular Momentum
• Tailoring Synthetic Gauge Fields in Ultracold Atoms via Spatially Engineered Vector Beams