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Coherent and partially coherent twisting beams

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We present coherent and partially coherent beams that exhibit transverse pattern expansion and rotation upon free propagation. Coherent twisting beams may be generated by a suitable superposition of Laguerre-Gauss modes, while a model for partially coherent twisting beams is given by a continuous incoherent superposition of lowest order modes.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “La Sapienza,”, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Franco Gori, Vittorio Bagini & Massimo Santarsiero

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Università “La Sapienza,”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma, Italy

    Fabrizio Frezza & Giuseppe Schettini

  3. Dipartimento di Energetica, Università dell’Aquila, Localita’ Monteluco di Roio, 67040, Roio Poggio, L ’Aquila, Italy

    Giuseppe Schirripa Spagnolo

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Gori, F., Bagini, V., Santarsiero, M. et al. Coherent and partially coherent twisting beams. Optical Review 1, 143–145 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03254845

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