The tight-focusing properties of radially polarized symmetrical power-exponent-phase vortex beam

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, the radially polarized (RP) new kind of power-exponent-phase vortex (NPEPV) beam, with rotationally symmetrical phase structure, was introduced and the tightly focused properties of the RP NPEPV beam passing through a high numerical aperture objective lens were studied numerically. The results show that with the increase of topological charge l, there are multiple intensity points in the focal region, and the number is consistent with the topological charge. In addition, as the power order n increases, the light intensity gradually concentrates on the central optical axis and the surrounding intensity points gradually disappear, which finally presents a Gaussian intensity distribution with the dark cores gradually move away from the optical axis and disappear. These unique properties will have potential applications in particle trapping and laser fabrication, especially for simultaneous trapping of multiple particles and fabrication of chiral microstructures.