Articles 2022

Localized dynamics arising from multiple flat bands in a decorated photonic Lieb lattice H. Hanafi, P. Menz, A. McWilliam, J. Imbrock, and C. Denz APL Photonics 7, 111301 (2022); DOI:10.1063/5.0109840

Licht in Form gebracht "Strukturiertes Licht – von Kaustiken zu Lichtknoten" R. Droop, E. Ehrmanntraut, E. Otte and C. Denz PIUZ 53(6), 281 (2022); DOI:10.1002/piuz.202201647

Thermally assisted fabrication of nonlinear photonic structures in lithium niobate with femtosecond laser pulses J. Imbrock, D. Szalek, S. Laubrock, H. Hanafi, and C. Denz Opt. Express 30, 39340 (2022); DOI:10.1364/OE.470716

Advancing 3D shaping of vectorial light by counter-propagation of self-healing scalar and vector Bessel–Gaussian beams Eric Asché, E. Otte and C. Denz J. Opt. 24, 104005 (2022); DOI:10.1088/2040-8986/ac8c52

Diffraction-optimized aperiodic surface structures for enhanced current density in organic solar cells M. Merkel, J. Imbrock and C. Denz Opt. Express 30, 36678 (2022); DOI:10.1364/OE.465177

Single-shot all-digital approach for measuring the orbital angular momentum spectrum of light E. Otte, V. Bobkova, S. Trinschek, C. Rosales-Guzmán and C. Denz APL Photonics 7, 086105 (2022); DOI:10.1063/5.0086536

Dual projectile beams O. C. Boumeddine, A. Zannotti, B. Abdelhalim and C. Denz Opt. Express 30, 18480 (2022); DOI:10.1364/OE.453593

Localized States Emerging from Singular and Nonsingular Flat Bands in a Frustrated Fractal-Like Photonic Lattice H. Hanafi, P. Menz, and C. Denz Adv. Optical Mater. 10, 2102523 (2022); DOI:10.1002/adom.202102523

Light transport and localization in disordered aperiodic Mathieu lattices J. M. Vasiljević, A. Zannotti, D. V. Timotijević, C. Denz and D. M. J. Savić Optics Letters 47 (3), 702 (2022); DOI:10.1364/OL.445779

Analyzing light-structuring features of droplet lenses on liquid-repelling surfaces V. Bobkova, S. Trinschek, E. Otte, and C. Denz Opt. Express 30, 5937 (2022); DOI:10.1364/OE.444777

Articles 2021

Skyrmionic hopfions in light R. Droop, D. Sugic, E. Otte, D. Ehrmanntraut, F. Nori, J. Ruostekoski, C. Denz and M. R. Dennis OPN. 32, 52 (2021); PDF

Particle-like topologies in light D. Sugic, R. Droop, E. Otte, D. Ehrmanntraut, F. Nori, J. Ruostekoski, C. Denz and M. R. Dennis Nat. Commun. 12, 6785 (2021); DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-26171-5

Shaping light in 3d space by counter‑propagation R. Droop, E. Asché, E. Otte & C. Denz Sci. Rep. 11, 18019 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97313-4

Self-imaging vectorial singularity networks in 3d structured light fields R. Droop, E. Otte, and C. Denz J. Opt. 23, 074003 (2021); DOI:10.1088/2040-8986/ac0875

Multi-frequency passive and active microrheology with optical tweezers R. Kumar, V. Vitali, T. Wiedemann, R. Meissner, P. Minzioni & C. Denz Sci. Rep. 11, 13917 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93130-x

Customization and analysis of structured singular light fields E. Otte and C. Denz J. Opt. 23, 073501 (16pp) (2021); DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/abff95

Fully-structured counter-propagating optical trap sculpted by spherical aberration E. Otte and C. Denz J. Opt. 23, 064002 (14pp) (2021); DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/abeec5 Highlighted in Emerging Leaders 2021

Aperiodic biomimetic Vogel spirals as diffractive optical elements for tailored light distribution in functional polymer layers M. Merkel, T. Schemme and C. Denz J. Opt. 23, 065401 (2021); DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/abf8cc

Optical grinder: sorting of trapped particles by orbital angular momentum V. Bobkova, J. Stegemann, R. Droop, E. Otte, and C. Denz Opt. Express 29, 12967 (9pp) (2021); DOI: 10.1364/OE.419876 PDF

Manipulating aqueous droplets by light-induced virtual electrodes R. Zamboni, J. Imbrock, C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11798, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVIII, 1179824 (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2594165

Light propelled artificial micro-machines M. Rüschenbaum, N. Burczyk, J. Jeggle, J. Hallekamp, C. Denz and R. Wittkowski Proc. SPIE 11812, Molecular and Nano Machines IV, 1181209 (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2596493

Dynamics and sorting of microspheres in OAM-carrying optical trapping potentials V. Bobkova, R. Runde, J. Stegemann, D. Kampmann and C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11701, Complex Light and Optical Forces XV, 117011C (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2579514

Fully-structured counter-propagating light exploiting spherical aberration E. Otte and C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11701, Complex Light and Optical Forces XV, 117010P (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2579645

Photonically propelled nano- and microparticles: from single-particle motion to collective dynamics R. Wittkowski, J. Jeggle and C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11812, Molecular and Nano Machines IV, 1181205 (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2598743

Light-induced pattern formation of colloidal particle suspensions driven by optical feedback V. Bobkova, A. Goenner and C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11798, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVIII, 117980 (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2594192

Light-driven microrobots: light fuels motion C. Denz, A. Jurado, M. Rueschenbaum, J. Hallekamp, J. Jeggle and R. Wittkowski    Proc. SPIE 11701, Complex Light and Optical Forces XV, 1170112 (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2589828

Tailored three-dimensional optical singularity structures in complex light fields R. Runde, E. Otte, E. Asché and C. Denz Proc. SPIE 11701, Complex Light and Optical Forces XV, 117010Q (2021); DOI: 10.1117/12.2581395