Optical fibres can now directly generate a variety of Bessel beams thanks to custom-designed, intricate 3D-printed structures applied to their tips.
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Ramachandran, S. 3D-printing yields structured light. Nat. Photon. 16, 618–619 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01070-3
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