Pixelation-free multi-ring vector perfect vortex beams for rotation detection

Xiaoling Cai; Jianbo Gao; Zhiquan Hu; Xingyuan Lu; Hao Zhang; Yangjian Cai; Chengliang Zhao

doi:10.3788/COL20523.100005

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 10, 100005(2025)

Pixelation-free multi-ring vector perfect vortex beams for rotation detection

Xiaoling Cai¹, Jianbo Gao¹, Zhiquan Hu¹, Xingyuan Lu^1、*, Hao Zhang², Yangjian Cai^3,4,5, and Chengliang Zhao^1、**

¹School of Physical Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Frontier Material Physics and Devices & Suzhou Key Laboratory of Intelligent Photoelectric Perception, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China

²School of Physics and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China

³Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China

⁴Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

⁵Joint Research Center of Light Manipulation Science and Photonic Integrated Chip of East China Normal University and Shandong Normal University, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

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