Roadmap on multimode light shaping

Marco Piccardo, Vincent Ginis, Andrew Forbes, Simon Mahler, Asher A. Friesem, Nir Davidson, Haoran Ren, Ahmed H. Dorrah, Federico Capasso, Firehun T. Dullo, Balpreet S. Ahluwalia, Antonio Ambrosio, Sylvain Gigan, Nicolas Treps, Markus Hiekkamäki, Robert Fickler, Michael Kues, David Moss, Roberto Morandotti, Johann RiemensbergerTobias J. Kippenberg, Jérôme Faist, Giacomo Scalari, Nathalie Picqué, Theodor W. Hänsch, Giulio Cerullo, Cristian Manzoni, Luigi A. Lugiato, Massimo Brambilla, Lorenzo Columbo, Alessandra Gatti, Franco Prat, Abbas Shiri, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Andrea Alù, Emanuele Galiffi, J. B. Pendry, Paloma A. Huidobro

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Abstract

Our ability to generate new distributions of light has been remarkably enhanced in recent years. At the most fundamental level, these light patterns are obtained by ingeniously combining different electromagnetic modes. Interestingly, the modal superposition occurs in the spatial, temporal as well as spatio-temporal domain. This generalized concept of structured light is being applied across the entire spectrum of optics: generating classical and quantum states of light, harnessing linear and nonlinear light-matter interactions, and advancing applications in microscopy, spectroscopy, holography, communication, and synchronization. This Roadmap highlights the common roots of these different techniques and thus establishes links between research areas that complement each other seamlessly. We provide an overview of all these areas, their backgrounds, current research, and future developments. We highlight the power of multimodal light manipulation and want to inspire new eclectic approaches in this vibrant research community.
Original languageEnglish
Article number013001
Pages (from-to)1-53
Number of pages53
JournalJournal of Optics
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • space-time beams
  • structured light
  • temporal patterns
  • ultrafast optics
  • optical frequency combs
  • waveguides
  • quantum and classical optics

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