Generation of structured light beams with polarization variation along arbitrary spatial trajectories using tri-layer metasurfaces

Conventionally,the spatially structured light beams produced by metasurfaces primarily highlight the polarization modulation of the beams propagating along the optical axis or the beams'spatial transmission trajectory.In particular,along the optical axis,the polarization state is either constant or varies continuously in each output plane.Here,we develop innovative spatially structured light beams with continually changing polarization along any arbitrary spatial transmission trajectories.With tri-layer metallic metasurfaces,the geometric characteristics of each layer structure can be adjusted to modulate the phase and polarization state of the incident terahertz(THz)wave.The beam will converge to the predefined trajectory along several paths to generate a Bessel-like beam with longitudinal polarization changes.We demonstrate the versatility of the approach by designing two THz-band structured light beams with varying polarization states along the spatial helical transmission trajectory.Continuous linear polarization changes and linear polarization to right circular polarization(RCP)and back to linear polarization changes are realized respectively.The experimental results are basically consistent with the simulated results.Our proposal for arbitrary trajectory structured light beams with longitudinally varying polarization offers a practical method for continuously regulating the characteristics of spatial structured light beams with non-axial transmission.This technique has potential uses in optical encryption,particle manipulation,and biomedical imaging.

Super-resolution longitudinally polarized light needle achieved by tightly focusing radially polarized beams

Based on the vector diffraction theory, a super-resolution longitudinally polarized optical needle with ultra-long depth of focus(DOF) is generated by tightly focusing a radially polarized beam that is modulated by a self-designed ternary hybrid(phase/amplitude) filter(THF). Both the phase and the amplitude patterns of THF are judiciously optimized by the versatile particle swarm optimization(PSO) searching algorithm. For the focusing configuration with a combination of a high numerical aperture(NA) and the optimized sine-shaped THFs, an optical needle with the full width at half maximum(FWHM) of 0.414λ and the DOF of 7.58λ is accessed, which corresponds to an aspect ratio of 18.3. The demonstrated longitudinally polarized super-resolution light needle with high aspect ratio opens up broad applications in high-density optical data storage, nano-photolithography, super-resolution imaging and high-efficiency particle trapping.

Large-mode-volume transverse-electric-polarized distributed feedback cavity on silicon-on-insulator

We demonstrate a large-mode-volume transverse-electric-polarized λ∕4 shifted distributed feedback（DFB） cavity on silicon-on-insulator（SOI）. A 2.86 mm-long DFB cavity with sidewall corrugation on the ridge is fabricated on a silicon rib waveguide. The cavity structure is designed to enlarge both the longitudinal and transversal mode profiles of the cavity to enclose more luminescent media. Design strategies are verified by both finite difference time domain simulation and experiments. A linewidth of 69 pm and an extinction ratio of 15 d B is obtained,indicating not only the well confinement of the longitudinal mode, but also its well stretching to the cavity ends.The mode volume is 75.39 μm^3.

Search for new physics in the B→K^((*))l^+l^- decays at BABAR

Based on a data sample of 384 million BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-Ⅱ asymmetric e ＋ e ￣ storage ring,we measure branching fractions,direct CP,isospin and lepton-flavor asymmetries for the rare decays B → K （＊） l ＋ l￣ in two di-lepton mass bins above and below the J/ψ resonance.For the B → K＊ l ＋ l￣ decay,we also measure the K＊ longitudinal polarization fraction and the di-lepton forwardbackward asymmetry.

Semileptonic decays B_c■(η_c, J/ψ)l■_l in the “PQCD+Lattice” approach

We study the semileptonic decaysBc-→(ηc,J/ψ)l-■lusing the PQCD factorization approach with the newly defined distribution amplitudes of the B c meson and a new kind of parametrization for extrapolating the form factors which takes into account the recent lattice QCD results.We find the following main results:(a)the PQCD predictions of the branching ratios of theBc→(ηc,J/ψ)l■decays are smaller by about 5%-16%when the lattice results are taken into account in the extrapolation of the relevant form factors;(b)the PQCD predictions of the ratio Rηc,RJ/ψand of the longitudinal polarization PτareRηc=0.34±0.01,RJ/ψ=0.28±0.01,Pτ(ηc)=0.37±0.01and Pτ(J/ψ)=-0.55±0.01;and(c)after including the lattice results,the theoretical predictions slightly change:Rηc=0.31±0.01,RJ/ψ=0.27±0.01,Pτ(ηc)=0.36±0.01andPτ(J/ψ)=-0.53±0.01.The theoretical predictions of RJ/ψagree with the measurements within the errors.The other predictions could be tested by the LHCb experiment in the near future.