Surface beams resistant to diffraction and attenuation and structured at the millimeter scale

The construction of millimeter-structured surface beams by superimposing scalar Bessel beams has proven to be a powerful technique for creating visual two-dimensional (2D) images in lossless media. In the present paper, we show that surface frozen waves can indeed be designed even in media having non-zero extinction ratios. Examples are provided for specific surface intensity patterns, revealing that our proposed solutions are promising candidates for a wide range of applications encompassing optical trapping displays, 2D and three-dimensional (3D) imaging and printing, nanochannel ablation in glass, optical trapping and manipulation of micro-sizedparticles and atoms, and soon. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America

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The paper demonstrates the design of surface frozen waves even in media with non-zero extinction ratios, providing examples of specific surface intensity patterns. These proposed solutions are promising candidates for a wide range of applications including optical trapping displays, 2D and 3D imaging and printing, nanochannel ablation in glass, optical trapping and manipulation of micro-sized particles and atoms.