Vortex phenomena are widespread in nature, from typhoons to ocean currents. In the field of optics, vortex beams, which carry orbital angular momentum, have spiral wavefronts and ring-shaped intensity ...

In recent years, optical vortices have attracted extensive attention in laser advanced manufacturing because of their annual intensity distribution and orbital angular momentum. Compared with the ...

(Nanowerk News) A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances ("Tailoring electron vortex beams with customizable intensity patterns by electron diffraction holography"), discusses tailoring ...