2021/01/01 by Chenhao Li, Stefan A. Maier, Haoran Ren +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #Computer science #Materials science #Nanophotonics #Nanotechnology #Optical vortex #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Physics #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #Vortex #physics.app-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.37188/co.2021-0066
published as Chinese Optics, 2021, 14(4): 792-811
openalex publication_date 2021/01/01 · arxiv created 2021/04/25 · openalex created_date 2021/06/07 · arxiv updated 2021/11/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In the last two decades, optical vortices carried by twisted light wavefronts have attracted a great deal of interest, providing not only new physical insights into light-matter interactions, but also a transformative platform for boosting optical information capacity. Meanwhile, advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology lead to the emerging field of nanophotonics, offering an unprecedented level of light manipulation via nanostructured materials and devices. Many exciting ideas and concepts come up when optical vortices meet nanophotonic devices. Here, we provide a mini review on recent achievements made in nanophotonics for the generation and detection of optical vortices and some of their applications.