Abstract
A new diffractive optical element, named as a conical light sword optical element, is presented. In the focal volume, this element produces a helical amplitude profile that can be used as an optical twister. We have experimentally demonstrated the optical healing property of the conical light sword optical beam (CLSOB). This healing property comes from the transverse helical energy flow, due to the evolution of multiple unipolar vortices in the propagation of CLSOB. We envisage that this spiral intensity profile and optical healing property of the beam find potential applications in propagation through a scattering and turbulent media, imaging with extended depth of field, and in optical tweezers.
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