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D. Aguirre-Olivas

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Self-similar rigid rotation in anisotropic squeezed Laguerre--Gaussian beams

We introduce anisotropic squeezed Laguerre--Gaussian beams as an analytically complete family of structured paraxial scalar beams with Gouy-phase-controlled rigid rotation. Our construction organizes the Laguerre--Gaussian transverse modal Hilbert space into circular modal subspaces carrying parity-resolved single-mode $\mathrm{su}(1,1)$ representations. The resulting optical Bargmann bases support squeezed states whose lowest-weight forms factor into Gaussian beam phases, parity-dependent polynomials, and elliptically anisotropic Gaussian envelopes. Excited seeds are polynomial deformations of the same squeezed envelope, extending the analytic construction to the full family. The Gouy-dressed squeezing parameter sets the semi-axis widths, aspect ratio, handedness, and orientation, while propagation rotates the profile by the accumulated Gouy phase without changing the scaled transverse shape. We generate these fields with synthetic phase holograms and experimentally confirm their self-similar rigid rotation. Our scalar-beam family provides a tunable anisotropic structured-light platform whose transverse orientation encodes propagation distance and may support axial localization, range finding, optical manipulation, and modal diagnostics.

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Total Angular Momentum Coherent State Fields

Structured light fields exploit spin and orbital angular momentum for precision manipulation, advanced imaging, and high-capacity communication. Orbital angular momentum coherent state beams interpolate between Hermite- and Laguerre-Gaussian beams, enabling continuous spatial control. We introduce a symmetry-based framework for joint control of polarization and spatial structure under the shared \$su(2)\$ Lie algebra of spin and orbital angular momentum. Within this structure, we construct total angular momentum fields as superpositions of circular polarization and Laguerre-Gaussian beams, and define their \$su(2)\$ coherent states within fixed-angular-momentum subspaces. A single complex parameter controls both polarization and spatial degrees of freedom, enabling continuous, symmetry-preserving tuning.

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Orbital Angular Momentum Coherent State Beams

We explore a family of paraxial beams constructed by the linear superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian beams, representing an optical analogue to generalized $SU(2)$ Lie group coherent states. A single complex parameter controls a smooth transition between Laguerre-Gaussian and Hermite-Gaussian beams, with intermediate beams that merge characteristics of both families. Our beams exhibit propagation-invariant properties, up to a scaling factor, a highly desirable feature for optical applications, validated via holographic experimental results.

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