Laser Beam Shaping, 2nd Edition

4	Vortex Beam Shaping
Carlos López-Mariscal and Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega

CONTENTS

4.1    Introduction

4.2    Elements Of Singular Optics

4.3    Helical Vortex Beams With Dependence exp(imθ)

4.3.1    Bessel Vortex Beams

4.3.2    Paraxial Vortex Beams

4.3.3    Unwound Vortex Beams: Anisotropic Vortices

4.4    Composite Vortex Beams

4.5    Generation of Vortex Beams

4.5.1    LG Beams

4.5.2    Bessel and BG Beams

4.5.3    Other Vortex Beams

4.5.4    Spatial Light Modulators

4.6    Applications

4.6.1    Studies of Vortex Dynamics

4.6.2    Applications of Vortex Beams

4.7    Summary

References

4.1    INTRODUCTION

Traditionally, standard approaches to characterizing of optical beams have dealt with parameters that either characterize the beam ...