Multispectral Concentric Grafted Perfect Vector Vortex Beam

ABSTRACT Multispectral structured light with engineered topological charges and polarization offers powerful opportunities for increasing information capacity due to more degrees of freedom for carrying information. However, simultaneous control of wavelength, topological charge, and spatially variant polarization remains a fundamental challenge. We propose and demonstrate a multispectral concentric grafted perfect vector vortex beam, in which three wavelengths are simultaneously encoded with distinct combinations of topological charges and polarization orders, producing wavelength‐dependent, spatially variant polarization distributions within a single beam. A geometric metasurface is used to graft different perfect vector vortex beams across concentric spatial regions and extend this concept to multispectral operation, enabling independent control of topological charges and polarization at each wavelength. Our approach realizes a class of vector vortex beams that are inaccessible to conventional optics and provides a scalable route toward wavelength‐multiplexed vectorial and topological light fields, with applications in high‐capacity optical communications, microscopy, optical manipulation, and quantum optics.

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Laser & Photonics Review
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2026-05-11
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https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.71279
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Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
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Multispectral Concentric Grafted Perfect Vector Vortex Beam

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Multispectral Concentric Grafted Perfect Vector Vortex Beam

Xianzhong Chen, 韩秀友, Hammad Ahmed, Yue Wang, Guanchao Wang, Li Li, Chunmei Zhang
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ABSTRACT Multispectral structured light with engineered topological charges and polarization offers powerful opportunities for increasing information capacity due to more degrees of freedom for carrying information. However, simultaneous control of wavelength, topological charge, and spatially variant polarization remains a fundamental challenge. We propose and demonstrate a multispectral concentric grafted perfect vector vortex beam, in which three wavelengths are simultaneously encoded with distinct combinations of topological charges and polarization orders, producing wavelength‐dependent, spatially variant polarization distributions within a single beam. A geometric metasurface is used to graft different perfect vector vortex beams across concentric spatial regions and extend this concept to multispectral operation, enabling independent control of topological charges and polarization at each wavelength. Our approach realizes a class of vector vortex beams that are inaccessible to conventional optics and provides a scalable route toward wavelength‐multiplexed vectorial and topological light fields, with applications in high‐capacity optical communications, microscopy, optical manipulation, and quantum optics.

Laser & Photonics Review
Harbin Institute of Technology (CN), Heriot-Watt University (GB), Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (MY), Dalian University (CN)
Key Research and Development Program of Heilongjiang, Leverhulme Trust, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Openalex Percentile: Top 7%
Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
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