Diffractive vortex lenses for forming vortex light beams
R.V. Skidanov, S.V. Ganchevskaya

 

Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Samara, Russia,
Samara State Aerospace University, Samara, Russia

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Abstract:
Generation of vortex laser beams by use of a parabolic vortex lens is discussed. We show that when generating such beams, topological charges of the vortex lens structure and those of the lens individual zones are summed up.

Keywords:
vortex light beam, vortex lens, topological charge.

Citation:
Skidanov RV, Ganchevskaya SV. Diffractive vortex lenses for forming light vortex beams. Computer Optics 2015; 39(5): 674-7. DOI: 10.18287/0134-2452-2015-39-5-674-677.

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