A pin-like beam is a kind of structured light with a special intensity distribution that can be against diffraction,which can be seen as a kind of quasi-nondiffracting beam(Q-NDB).Due to its wide applications,recently...A pin-like beam is a kind of structured light with a special intensity distribution that can be against diffraction,which can be seen as a kind of quasi-nondiffracting beam(Q-NDB).Due to its wide applications,recently,numerous researchers have used optical lenses or on-chip integrated optical diffractive elements to generate this kind of beam.We theoretically verify and experimentally demonstrate an all-fiber solution to generate a subwavelength inverted pin beam by integrating a simple plasma structure on the fiber end surface.The output beams generated by two kinds of plasma structures,i.e.,nanoring slot and nanopetal structure,are investigated and measured experimentally.The results show that both the structures are capable of generating subwavelength beams,and the beam generated using the nanopetal structure has the sidelobe suppression ability along the x-axis direction.Our all-fiber device can be flexibly inserted into liquid environments such as cell cultures,blood,and biological tissue fluids to illuminate or stimulate biological cells and molecules in them.It provides a promising fiber-integrated solution for exploring light–matter interaction with subwavelength resolution in the field of biological research.展开更多
In this paper, we study the propagation and its failure to propagate (pinning) of a travelling wave in a Nagumo type equation, an equation that describes impulse propagation in nerve axons that also models population ...In this paper, we study the propagation and its failure to propagate (pinning) of a travelling wave in a Nagumo type equation, an equation that describes impulse propagation in nerve axons that also models population growth with Allee effect. An analytical solution is derived for the traveling wave and the work is extended to a discrete formulation with a piecewise linear reaction function. We propose an operator splitting numerical scheme to solve the equation and demonstrate that the wave either propagates or gets pinned based on how the spatial mesh is chosen.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.62205079,62065006,62125503,and 62261160388)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China (Grant No.2023AFA028)+1 种基金the Innovation Project of GUET Graduate Education (Grant No.2023YCXS214)the Innovation Project of Optics Valley Laboratory (Grant No.OVL2021BG004).
文摘A pin-like beam is a kind of structured light with a special intensity distribution that can be against diffraction,which can be seen as a kind of quasi-nondiffracting beam(Q-NDB).Due to its wide applications,recently,numerous researchers have used optical lenses or on-chip integrated optical diffractive elements to generate this kind of beam.We theoretically verify and experimentally demonstrate an all-fiber solution to generate a subwavelength inverted pin beam by integrating a simple plasma structure on the fiber end surface.The output beams generated by two kinds of plasma structures,i.e.,nanoring slot and nanopetal structure,are investigated and measured experimentally.The results show that both the structures are capable of generating subwavelength beams,and the beam generated using the nanopetal structure has the sidelobe suppression ability along the x-axis direction.Our all-fiber device can be flexibly inserted into liquid environments such as cell cultures,blood,and biological tissue fluids to illuminate or stimulate biological cells and molecules in them.It provides a promising fiber-integrated solution for exploring light–matter interaction with subwavelength resolution in the field of biological research.
文摘In this paper, we study the propagation and its failure to propagate (pinning) of a travelling wave in a Nagumo type equation, an equation that describes impulse propagation in nerve axons that also models population growth with Allee effect. An analytical solution is derived for the traveling wave and the work is extended to a discrete formulation with a piecewise linear reaction function. We propose an operator splitting numerical scheme to solve the equation and demonstrate that the wave either propagates or gets pinned based on how the spatial mesh is chosen.
