Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry (IMAGE)

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Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry

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Transverse components of the normalized Poynting vectors in the focal plane of the tightly focused kaleidoscope-structured vector optical fields. The direction of the transverse energy flow is shown by the white and black arrows. The transverse energy flow shows six uniform tentacles (top left) and patterns like six spanners (top right), which are useful to trap and transport the particles.

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Yue Pan/Qufu Normal University

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