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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Laser Physics

    Background:

    • Optical vortices are characterized by a phase singularity.
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    • To test the validity of circular beam theory for describing vortex propagation.
    • To analyze structural differences between generated and imaged optical vortices.

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