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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 165(2023)

Multiplication and division of orbital angular momentum beams by Fermat’s spiral transformation

Zishuai Zeng, Zihao Pang, Keming Pan, Jia Xu, and Daomu Zhao^*

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Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

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Category: Physical Optics

Received: Oct. 7, 2022

Accepted: Nov. 23, 2022

Published Online: Feb. 8, 2023

The Author Email: Daomu Zhao (optics@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.477439

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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