Abstract

We explore two distinct families of orbital angular momentum carrying light beams, which we refer to as generalized elliptical Gaussian and elegant elliptical Hermite-Gaussian vortex beams, respectively. We show that the fields of the two vortex families are related via a Fourier transform. Hence, one family can be viewed as a source of the far-field intensity distribution of the other and vice versa. We also examine the orbital angular momentum evolution of both beam families on their free space propagation and establish a relationship between the orbital angular momentum, TC, and beam ellipticity factors. Our results may find applications to optical communications and imaging with structured light.

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