Yu An-Zhuo, Zhang Wang, Chen Wei, Liu Yuan, Ma Chao-Qun, Yang Jia-Chen, Lu Yan-Qing
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Nanophotonics. 2025 Jan 6;14(6):707-714. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0562. eCollection 2025 Apr.
Joint space-time modulation of light fields has recently garnered intense attention for enabling precise control over both spatial and temporal characteristics of light, leading to the creation of space-time beams with unique properties, such as diffraction-free propagation and transverse orbital angular momentum. Here, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate spatiotemporal Moiré lattice light fields by controlling the discrete rotational symmetry of a pulse's spatiotemporal spectrum. Using a 4 pulse shaper and an - modulation strategy, we generate tunable spatiotemporal Moiré patterns with varying sublattice sizes and confirm their diffraction-free behavior in time-averaged intensities. Additionally, we demonstrate spatiotemporal Moiré lattices carrying transverse orbital angular momentum. These findings provide a novel platform for studying spatiotemporal light-matter interactions and may open new possibilities for applications in other wave-based systems, such as acoustics and electron waves.
光场的联合时空调制最近引起了广泛关注,因为它能够精确控制光的空间和时间特性,从而产生具有独特性质的时空光束,如无衍射传播和横向轨道角动量。在这里,我们通过控制脉冲时空谱的离散旋转对称性,从理论上提出并通过实验证明了时空莫尔晶格光场。使用四脉冲整形器和一种调制策略,我们生成了具有不同子晶格尺寸的可调谐时空莫尔图案,并在时间平均强度中证实了它们的无衍射行为。此外,我们展示了携带横向轨道角动量的时空莫尔晶格。这些发现为研究时空光与物质相互作用提供了一个新平台,并可能为其他基于波的系统(如声学和电子波)的应用开辟新的可能性。