Photonic toroidal vortex
arXiv:2109.02833 · doi:10.1038/s41566-022-01013-y
Abstract
Toroidal vortices are whirling disturbances rotating about a ring-shaped core while advancing in the direction normal to the ring orifice. Toroidal vortices are commonly found in nature and being studied in a wide range of disciplines. Here we report the experimental observation of photonic toroidal vortex as a new solution to Maxwell's equations with the use of conformal mapping. The helical phase twists around a closed loop leading to an azimuthal local orbital angular momentum density. The preparation of such intriguing light field may offer insights of extending toroidal vortex to other disciplines and find important applications in light-matter interaction, optical manipulation, photonic symmetry and topology, and quantum information.
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