Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array

Xue Zhang; Yang Cui; Yanjie Chen; Xiaowei Li; Junjie Li; Wenqiao Shi; Jian Chen; Zhaogang Dong; Yongtian Wang; Cheng-Wei Qiu; Shuang Zhang; Lingling Huang

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02065-9

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Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array

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- Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array
- Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array
- Light: Science & Applications 2026年15卷第1期页码：167-175
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Beijing Engineering Research Center of Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  2.Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  3.Laser Micro/Nano-Fabrication Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  4.Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100191, China
  5.Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117583, Singapore
  6.School of OpticalElectrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  7.Science, Mathematics, and Technology (SMT), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372, Singapore
  8.Quantum Innovation Centre (Q.InC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis #08-03, Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
  9.Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Author bio：
  
  Cheng-Wei Qiu (chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg)
  Shuang Zhang (shuzhang@hku.hk)
  Lingling Huang (huanglingling@bit.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02065-9
  中图分类号：
- 收稿：2025-04-27，
  
  修回：2025-08-23，
  
  录用：2025-09-17，
  
  网络出版：2026-01-01，
  
  纸质出版：2026-01-31
- Accepted：
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Xue Zhang, Yang Cui, Yanjie Chen, 等. Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2026,15(1):167-175.

Zhang, X. et al. Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 167-175 (2026).
Xue Zhang, Yang Cui, Yanjie Chen, 等. Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2026,15(1):167-175. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02065-9.

Zhang, X. et al. Full-parameter-modulated three-dimensional vectorial generalized vortex array. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 167-175 (2026). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02065-9.

摘要

Abstract

Orbital angular momentum

as an important spatial degree of freedom of light

has prompted various promising applications. The recently proposed generalized vortex beams may further enhance the flexibility by utilizing customer-defined angular phase gradients

enabling intuitive graphic representation of mathematical operations and other interesting functionalities. Here

based on Dammann optimization

we propose and demonstrate a three-dimensional generalized vortex beam array using a single-layer metasurface

with all-parameter modulation including polarization

phase

angular momentum

and stereoscopic space. Furthermore

simultaneous vectorial modulation within each order can be endowed through joint optimization to achieve arbitrary polarization information distribution. This novel approach to generating the 3D generalized vortex beam array offers great flexibility in utilizing multiple degrees of freedom of light

further expanding the information capacity and spatial mode features and facilitating applications such as optical wireless broadcasting

optical communication encryption

structured beam manipulation

etc.

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