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Temporally and longitudinally tailored dynamic space-time wave packets

Su, Xinzhou
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Zou, Kaiheng
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Zhou, Huibin
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July 15, 2024
Optics Express

In general, space-time wave packets with correlations between transverse spatial fields and temporal frequency spectra can lead to unique spatiotemporal dynamics, thus enabling control of the instantaneous light properties. However, spatiotemporal dynamics generated in previous approaches manifest themselves at a given propagation distance yet are not arbitrarily tailored longitudinally. Here, we propose and demonstrate a new versatile class of judiciously synthesized wave packets whose spatiotemporal evolution can be arbitrarily engineered to take place at various predesigned distances along the longitudinal propagation path. Spatiotemporal synthesis is achieved by introducing a 2-dimensional spectrum comprising both temporal and longitudinal wavenumbers associated with specific transverse Bessel-Gaussian fields. The resulting spectra are then employed to produce wave packets evolving in both time and axial distance – in full accord with the theoretical analysis. In this respect, various light degrees of freedom can be independently manipulated, such as intensity, polarization, and transverse spatial distribution (e.g., orbital angular momentum). Through a temporal-longitudinal frequency comb spectrum, we simulate the synthesis of the aforementioned wave packet properties, indicating a decrease in relative error compared to the desired phenomena as more spectral components are incorporated. Additionally, we experimentally demonstrate tailorable spatiotemporal fields carrying time- and longitudinal-varying orbital angular momentum, such that the local topological charge evolves every ∼1 ps in the time domain and 10 cm axially. We believe our space-time wave packets can significantly expand the exploration of spatiotemporal dynamics in the longitudinal dimension. Such wave packets might potentially enable novel applications in light-matter interactions and nonlinear optics.

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DOI
10.1364/OE.527713
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85198933588

PubMed ID

39538525

Author(s)
Su, Xinzhou

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Zou, Kaiheng

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Zhou, Huibin

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Song, Hao

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Wang, Yingning

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Zeng, Ruoyu

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Jiang, Zile

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Duan, Yuxiang

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Karpov, Maxim  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Kippenberg, Tobias J.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Date Issued

2024-07-15

Published in
Optics Express
Volume

32

Issue

15

Start page

26653

End page

26666

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LPQM2  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Qualcomm

Office of Naval Research

N00014-20-1-2789

Defense University

FA9550-20-1-0152

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January 24, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/243469
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