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Optical Vortices

Multiple back-reflections from various optical elements give rise to a constellation of optical vortices surrounding the central vortex beam. The image of the paper screen was acquired in a darkened laboratory environment using an iPhone 7 Plus.

—Alok K. Pandey, Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas, Université Paris-Saclay, France