Nondiffracting beams for vortex tomography

Opt Lett. 2010 Jun 15;35(12):2064-6. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.002064.

Abstract

We propose a reconstruction of vortex beams based on implementation of quadratic transformations in the orbital angular momentum. The information is encoded in a superposition of Bessel-like nondiffracting beams. The measurement of the angular probability distribution at different positions allows for the reconstruction of the Wigner function.