Author(s):

Xinzhong Li and Haixiang Ma and Chuanlei Yin and Jie Tang and Hehe Li and Miaomiao Tang and Jingge Wang and Yuping Tai and Xiufang Li and Yishan Wang

Abstract:

“We report a novel method to freely transform the modes of a perfect optical vortex (POV). By adjusting the scaling factor of the Bessel–Gauss beam at the object plane, the POV mode transformation can be easily controlled from circle to ellipse with a high mode purity. Combined with the modulation of the cone angle of an axicon, the ellipse mode can be freely adjusted along the two orthogonal directions. The properties of the “perfect vortex” are experimentally verified. Moreover, fractional elliptic POVs with versatile modes are presented, where the number and position of the gaps are controllable. These findings are significant for applications that require the complex structured optical field of the POV.”

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