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Review on partially coherent vortex beams

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Ever since vortex beams were proposed, they are known for owning phase singularity and carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). In the past decades, coherent optics developed rapidly. Vortex beams have been extended from fully coherent light to partially coherent light, from scalar light to vector light, from integral topological charge (TC) to fractional TC. Partially coherent vortex beams have attracted tremendous interest due to their hidden correlation singularity and unique propagation properties (e.g., beam shaping, beam rotation and self-reconstruction). Based on the sufficient condition for devising a genuine correlation function of partially coherent beam, partially coherent vortex beams with nonconventional correlation functions (i.e., non-Gaussian correlated Schell-model functions) were introduced recently. This timely review summarizes basic concepts, theoretical models, generation and propagation of partially coherent vortex beams.

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Authors are thankful for the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91750201, 11525418, 11774250 and 11804198), Project of the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Jun Zeng, Chengliang Zhao & Yangjian Cai

  2. Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China

    Rong Lin, Xianlong Liu & Yangjian Cai

  3. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Heze University, Heze, 274015, China

    Rong Lin

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Jun Zeng spent his bachelor time at Hubei University of Arts and Science (Xiangyang, China). He studied at Taiyuan University of Science and Technology (Taiyuan, China) for his Master’s degree in optics from 2013 to 2016. Since September 2017, he became a Ph.D. candidate in School of Physical Science and Technology at Soochow University (Suzhou, China). His research topics include singular optics, atmospheric optics and optical measurement.

Rong Lin spent her bachelor time at Heze University (Heze, China). she received her master’s degree in 2012 from Shandong Normal University (Jinan, China) in 2009. Since September 2012, she became a teacher in College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Heze University. Since September 2018, she became a Ph.D. candidate in School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University. Her research topics include optical coherence and nonlinear optics.

Xianlong Liu spent his bachelor time at Yanbian University (Jilin), and got his master’s degree at Soochow University (Jiangsu) in 2013. Latter he became a Ph.D. candidate in School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, and got his doctor’s degree at 2017. He spent a year in Netherland as a Joint Ph.D. student at VU University of Amsterdam in 2017. His research topic includes laser optics, atmospheric optics and optical imaging.

Chengliang Zhao is a professor of School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Zhejiang University. His research interests include coherent optics, diffractive imaging, phase retrieval and optical tweezers.

Yangjian Cai is a professor of School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, and also a professor of School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, China. He received his B.Sc. degree in Physics at Zhejiang University, Ph.D. degree in Physics at Zhejiang University and Ph.D. degree in Electromagnetic theory at Royal Institute of Technology. In 2015, he obtained the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His research interests include optical coherence and polarization, propagation, optical imaging, particle trapping, turbulent atmosphere. He has published over 300 papers in refereed international journals, and he is a topical editor of JOSA A, a topical editor of PhotoniX and an editorial board member of Progress in Optics.

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Zeng, J., Lin, R., Liu, X. et al. Review on partially coherent vortex beams. Front. Optoelectron. 12, 229–248 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-019-0901-x

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