Optical spiral vortex from azimuthally increasing/decreasing exponential phase gradients

Peihua Jie; Zhenwei Xie; Xiaocong Yuan

doi:10.3788/COL202321.112601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 11, 112601(2023)

Optical spiral vortex from azimuthally increasing/decreasing exponential phase gradients

Peihua Jie¹, Zhenwei Xie^1、*, and Xiaocong Yuan^1,2、**

¹Nanophotonics Research Centre, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Jun. 30, 2023

Accepted: Jul. 7, 2023

Posted: Jul. 11, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Zhenwei Xie (ayst3_1415926@sina.com), Xiaocong Yuan (xcyuan@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.112601

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