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Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams
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Fundamentals and Applications of Vortex Beams

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2025 | Viewed by 878

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán

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Centro de Investigaciones en Optica A.C. (CIO), Leon 37150, Mexico
Interests: optical vortices; structured light; complex vector beams; polarisation; optical metrology; optical tweezers; optical communications

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Several decades have passed since the realization that vortex beams, light fields with an azimuthally varying phase, carry Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM). This event opened a new era of fundamental and applied research, with applications in optical manipulations, optical communications, optical metrology, imaging and laser remote sensing, amongst many others. This Special Issue seeks contributions from across the different fields related to vortex beams, from fundamental research, generation and characterization techniques, to applications in the different fields, as well as novel types of vortex beams. We expect contributions from the fields listed below, but we are not limited to these:

  • Light beam shaping
  • Structured light
  • Vector beams
  • Polarisation singularities
  • Optical metrology
  • Optical manipulations
  • Optical communications
  • Quantum Optics
  • Imaging
  • Optical fibers
  • Metasurfaces
  • Liquid crystal spatial light modulators

Dr. Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • optical vortices
  • laser beam shaping
  • optical tweezers
  • optical communications
  • quantum optics
  • orbital angular momentum

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Communication
Far-Field Topological Structure of the Second Harmonic from Higher-Order Poincaré Sphere Beam
by Yangyang Li, Ziping Zhu, Yuanxiang Wang, Jiantai Dou, Li Fan, Bo Li and Youyou Hu
Photonics 2025, 12(5), 407; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12050407 - 24 Apr 2025
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In this paper, the far-field topological structures (FFTSs) of the second harmonic (SH) from higher-order Poincaré sphere (HOPS) beams, including circularly polarized vortex beams (VBs), cylindrically vector beams (CVBs) and elliptically polarized CVBs (EPCVBs), were demonstrated and reported. To begin with, the hidden [...] Read more.
In this paper, the far-field topological structures (FFTSs) of the second harmonic (SH) from higher-order Poincaré sphere (HOPS) beams, including circularly polarized vortex beams (VBs), cylindrically vector beams (CVBs) and elliptically polarized CVBs (EPCVBs), were demonstrated and reported. To begin with, the hidden FFTSs of the SH after propagating the twice Rayleigh range were simulated based on the vectorial coupled wave equations and the Collins formula. Then, the experimental setup was established to achieve the SH from the HOPS by applying two orthogonal 5% MgO: PPLN crystals, the FFTSs of which were demonstrated. The theoretical and experimental results indicate that for the circularly polarized VBs, the FFTSs of the SH still exhibit the 135°-linearly polarized VBs, which is similar to that of the SH in-source plane, because the SH is the eigen-mode of free space, while for the CVBs, the FFTSs of the SH generally show the disappearance of the central dark core, replaced by the maximum light intensity at the center due to the topological phase transition during propagation. Especially of note, for the EPCVBs, the FFTSs of the SH display the maximum light intensity at the center, but the FFTSs in the horizontal and vertical directions reveal rotational symmetry related to the chirality of the EPCVBs. The results reveal the evolution mechanisms of the SH from the HOPS in the far field, which may facilitate the applications of the SH from HOPS beam. Full article
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Structured Optical Toroidal Vortices with Rotational Symmetry
by Jinzhan Zhong and Qiwen Zhan
Photonics 2025, 12(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12030288 - 20 Mar 2025
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Toroidal vortices, as intriguing topological structures, play a fundamental role across a wide range of physical fields. In this study, we theoretically propose a family of structured optical toroidal vortices as generalized forms of toroidal vortices in paraxial continuous wave beams. These structured [...] Read more.
Toroidal vortices, as intriguing topological structures, play a fundamental role across a wide range of physical fields. In this study, we theoretically propose a family of structured optical toroidal vortices as generalized forms of toroidal vortices in paraxial continuous wave beams. These structured optical toroidal vortices exhibit unique rotational symmetry while preserving the topological properties of standard toroidal vortices. The three-dimensional topological structures demonstrate l-fold rotational symmetry, which is closely related to the topological charges. Structured toroidal vortices introduce additional topological invariants within the toroidal light field. These topological light fields hold significant potential applications in the synthesis of complex topological structure and optical information encoding. Full article
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