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Caustics of Vortex Optical Beams

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The caustics of vortex optical beams have been investigated. An asymptotic method of calculating vortex-beam caustic surfaces is developed. The statement of the inverse problem of the formation of axial caustics of the desired form is considered. It is shown that the presence of the vortex component leads to the formation of an axisymmetric caustic surface, the characteristic diameter of which increases with an increase in the topological charge.

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This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the State assignment to the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS No. 007-GZ/Ch3363/26.

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  1. Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Branch of the Federal Scientific Research Center Crystallography and Photonics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 443001, Samara, Russia

    V. A. Soifer, S. I. Kharitonov, S. N. Khonina & S. G. Volotovsky

  2. Samara National Research University named after Korolev, 443086, Samara, Russia

    V. A. Soifer, S. I. Kharitonov, S. N. Khonina & S. G. Volotovsky

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Soifer, V.A., Kharitonov, S.I., Khonina, S.N. et al. Caustics of Vortex Optical Beams. Dokl. Phys. 64, 276–279 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102833581907005X

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