Tunable autofocus and unconventional OAM through dislocation in superimposed swallowtail vortex beams

Xiaoying Tang; Nana Liu; Shunyu Liu; Nan Wang; Shaozhou Jiang; Yuxuan Ren; Peilong Hong; Yi Liang

doi:10.3788/COL202523.102602

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 10, 102602(2025)

Tunable autofocus and unconventional OAM through dislocation in superimposed swallowtail vortex beams

Xiaoying Tang¹, Nana Liu^1、*, Shunyu Liu¹, Nan Wang¹, Shaozhou Jiang¹, Yuxuan Ren², Peilong Hong^3,4、**, and Yi Liang^1、***

Author Affiliations

¹Guangxi Key Lab for Relativistic Astrophysics, Center on Nanoenergy Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

²Institute for Translational Brain Research, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

³School of Mathematics and Physics, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, China

⁴The MOE Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, TEDA Applied Physics Institute and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Apr. 23, 2025

Accepted: Jun. 5, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 9, 2025

The Author Email: Nana Liu (liunana1232021@126.com), Peilong Hong (p.l.hong@aqnu.edu.cn), Yi Liang (liangyi@gxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.102602

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.102602

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