Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 21, 2126001(2021)

Properties of Optical Vortex Lattice Generated via Multiple Plane Wave Interference

Xueyun Qin1,2, Liuhao Zhu1, Yuping Tai3, Jie Tang2, and Xinzhong Li1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi′an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710119, China
  • 3School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
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    Xueyun Qin, Liuhao Zhu, Yuping Tai, Jie Tang, Xinzhong Li. Properties of Optical Vortex Lattice Generated via Multiple Plane Wave Interference[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(21): 2126001

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    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Mar. 18, 2021

    Accepted: May. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Li Xinzhong (xzli@haust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.2126001

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