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Acta Photonica Sinica
Vol. 51, Issue 1, 0151105 (2022)

Research Progress of Vortex Beam Laser（Invited）

Mingxin LV^1、2、*, Yipeng ZHANG^1、3, Jianlang HE^1、2, Xiaopeng HU^1、2, and Yong ZHANG^1、2

Author Affiliations

¹National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures，Nanjing University，Nanjing 210093，China

²College of Engineering and Applied Sciences，Nanjing University，Nanjing 210093，China

³School of Physics，Nanjing University，Nanjing 210093，China

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DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20225101.0151105 Cite this Article

Mingxin LV, Yipeng ZHANG, Jianlang HE, Xiaopeng HU, Yong ZHANG. Research Progress of Vortex Beam Laser（Invited）[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(1): 0151105 Copy Citation Text

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