Non-cylindrical optical vortices

structured light
CLEO: 2014, JW2A.102 (2014)
Authors

Anderson M. Amaral

Edilson L. Falcão-Filho

Cid B. de Araújo

Published

January 1, 2014

Anderson M. Amaral, Edilson L. Falcão-Filho, and Cid B. de Araújo

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Abstract

Abstract The spatial intensity profile of vortex beams may be shaped by spatially arranging topological charges on a phase mask. In our experiments, we produced and characterized vortex beams shaped as straight lines, corners and triangles.