Optical vortices: Folding and twisting waves of light

Yuri S. Kivshar*, Elena A. Ostrovskaya

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    Abstract

    An overview of exciting research in the field of nonlinear singular optics was presented. Optical vortices provided an efficient way to control light by creating reconfigurable waveguides in bulk media. Theoretical analysis of two color parametric optical vortices demonstrated that such vortices possess unexpected properties that make them more exotic than quantized vortices in unconventional superfluids.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages24-29
    Number of pages6
    Volume12
    No.4
    Specialist publicationOptics and Photonics News
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2001

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