Generation of the "perfect" optical vortex using a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator

Opt Lett. 2013 Feb 15;38(4):534-6. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.000534.

Abstract

We introduce the concept of the perfect optical vortex whose dark hollow radius does not depend on the topological charge. It is shown analytically and experimentally that such a vortex can be approximately generated in the Fourier transforming optical system with a computer-controlled liquid-crystal spatial light modulator.