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    Researchers created a nondiffracting beam with a sub-diffraction transverse size, overcoming the diffraction limit for advanced optical applications. This breakthrough enables smaller, more precise light manipulation in microscopy and materials processing.

    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Applied Physics

    Background:

    • Nondiffracting beams offer unique properties like self-healing and localized intensity, making them valuable for microscopy and materials processing.
    • Conventional methods for generating nondiffracting beams are limited by the diffraction limit, restricting their transverse size.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To overcome the diffraction limit in generating nondiffracting beams.
    • To design and create a phase mask mirror capable of producing sub-diffraction nondiffracting beams.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized super-oscillation and the vectorial angular spectrum method to design a phase mask mirror.
    • Fabricated the phase mask mirror using a phase spatial light modulator with specific optical parameters (focal length 1 m, radius 5 mm, NA ~0.005, wavelength 632.8 nm).
    • Illuminated the mirror with a linearly polarized Gaussian wave.

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    Main Results:

    • Successfully generated a nondiffracting beam with a sub-diffraction transverse size.
    • The beam's maximum transverse size was smaller than the diffraction limit (0.5λ/NA) for propagation distances exceeding 43.3 mm.
    • Demonstrated that increasing the numerical aperture (NA) can further reduce the transverse size of the nondiffracting beam.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed phase mask mirror effectively generates nondiffracting beams that surpass the conventional diffraction limit.
    • This technique offers a pathway to create highly localized optical fields for advanced scientific and technological applications.
    • Future work can focus on increasing the NA to achieve even smaller transverse beam sizes.