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Generation of an optical vortex immediately behind a spherical lens upon its illumination by circularly polarized light
A.A. Kovalev 1,2, S.S. Stafeev 1,2, A.M. Telegin 1,2

1 Image Processing Systems Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”,
Molodogvardeyskaya 151, Samara, 443001, Russia;
2 Samara National Research University,
Moskovskoye Shosse 34, Samara, 443086, Russia

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1669

Pages: 933-939.

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
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Keywords:
optical vortex, spherical lens, topological charge, focal spot.

Citation:
Kovalev AA, Stafeev SS, Telegin AM. Generation of an optical vortex immediately behind a spherical lens upon its illumination by circularly polarized light. Computer Optics 2025; 49(6): 933-939. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1669.

Acknowledgements:
The work was partly funded by the Russian Science Foundation under grant #22-12-00137 (theory) and within a government project of the NRC "Kurchatov Institute" (numerical simulation).

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