Optical skyrmions from metafibers
Abstract
Optical skyrmions are an emerging class of structured light with sophisticated particle-like topologies with great potential for revolutionizing modern informatics. However, the current generation of optical skyrmions involves complex or bulky systems, hindering their development of practical applications. Here, exploiting the emergent "lab-on-fiber" technology, we demonstrate the design of a metafiber-integrated photonic skyrmion generator. We not only successfully generated high-quality optical skyrmions from metafibers, but also experimentally verified their remarkable properties, such as regulability and topological stability with deep-subwavelength features beyond the diffraction limits. Our flexible and fiber-integrated optical skyrmions platform paves the avenue for future applications of topologically-enhanced remote super-resolution microscopy and super-robust information transfer.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.01962,
title = {Optical skyrmions from metafibers},
author = {Tiantian He and Yuan Meng and Lele Wang and Hongkun Zhong and Nilo Mata-Cervera and Dan Li and Ping Yan and Qiang Liu and Yijie Shen and Qirong Xiao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01962},
year = {2024}
}