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20102026
most citedDetecting orbital angular momentum through division-of-amplitude interference with a circular plasmonic lens

53 citations · 190 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

quant-ph2026

Lensing and enhanced single atom detection via a single-pixel nanostructure

Ling-Xiao Wang, Lei Xu, Ai-Ping Liu +7

We propose and demonstrate a general mechanism for nanoscale lensing based on the phase gradient imposed by a single nanostructure scattering light in its near-field. We verify thi…

physics.optics2026

A re-entrant chip-free-space photonic interface for telecom-to-Rubidium spectroscopy

Jia-Lin Chen, Ruixin Zhou, Deng-Hong Liu +13

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) generate, route, and process light with high efficiency, scalability, and functional density on a single chip. Yet the tightly confined on-chip…

quant-ph2024

Multifunctional metalens for trapping and characterizing single atoms

Guang-Jie Chen, Dong Zhao, Zhu-Bo Wang +10

Precise control and manipulation of neutral atoms are essential for quantum technologies but largely dependent on conventional bulky optical setups. Here, we demonstrate a multifun…

physics.optics2023★ 6 cited

Proposal of a free-space-to-chip pipeline for transporting single atoms

Aiping Liu, Jiawei Liu, Zhanfei Kang +6

A free-space-to-chip pipeline is proposed to efficiently transport single atoms from a magneto-optical trap to an on-chip evanescent field trap. Due to the reflection of the dipole…

physics.atom-ph2023

Transporting cold atoms towards a GaN-on-sapphire chip via an optical conveyor belt

Lei Xu, Ling-Xiao Wang, Guang-Jie Chen +8

Trapped atoms on photonic structures inspire many novel quantum devices for quantum information processing and quantum sensing. Here, we have demonstrated a hybrid photonic-atom ch…

physics.optics2022★ 18 cited

Proposal for stable atom trapping on a GaN-on-Sapphire chip

Aiping Liu, Lei Xu, Xin-Biao Xu +6

The hybrid photon-atom integrated circuits, which include photonic microcavities and trapped single neutral atom in their evanescent field, are of great potential for quantum infor…

physics.optics2022★ 15 cited

Multi-grating design for integrated single-atom trapping, manipulation, and readout

Aiping Liu, Jiawei Liu, Wei Peng +5

An on-chip multi-grating device is proposed to interface single-atoms and integrated photonic circuits, by guiding and focusing lasers to the area with ~10um above the chip for tra…

physics.optics2018★ 5 cited

Reconfigurable vortex beam generator based on the Fourier transformation principle

Aiping Liu, Chang-Ling Zou, Xifeng Ren +4

A method to generate the optical vortex beam with arbitrary superposition of different orders of orbital angular momentum (OAM) on a photonic chip is proposed. The distributed Four…

physics.optics2015★ 46 cited

On-chip generation and control of the vortex beam

Aiping Liu, Chang-Ling Zou, Xifeng Ren +2

A new method to generate and control the amplitude and phase distributions of a optical vortex beam is proposed. By introducing a holographic grating on top of the dielectric waveg…

physics.optics2013★ 53 cited

Detecting orbital angular momentum through division-of-amplitude interference with a circular plasmonic lens

Ai-Ping Liu, Xiao Xiong, Xi-Feng Ren +5

We demonstrate a novel detection scheme for the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light using circular plasmonic lens. Owing to a division-of-amplitude interference phenomenon betw…

physics.optics2011★ 22 cited

Exciton-Plasmon-Photon Conversion in silver nanowire: polarization dependence

Lu-Lu Wang, Xi-Feng Ren, Ai-Ping Liu +4

Polarization dependence of the exciton-plasmon-photon conversion in silver nanowire-quantum dots structure was investigated using a scanning confocal microscope system. We found th…

physics.optics2010★ 25 cited

Interference of surface plasmon polaritons from a "point" source

Xifeng Ren, Aiping Liu, Changling Zou +5

The interference patterns of the surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) on the metal surface from a "point" source are observed. These interference patterns come from the forward SPPs an…