I am happy to share that we have received an Optica JOSAA Editor’s Pick for our recently published work, which studies the behavior of off-axis optical vortex trajectories and their impact on primary optical aberrations. We showed that the unique response of these trajectories could be easily applied to determine the focal point position of an optical system.
This is the next step we are making towards utilizing off-axis vortex scanning as a way to retrieve the wavefront. However, more work has to be done to turn it into a thoroughly reliable system.
Many congratulations to Aleksandra Korzeniewska, Magdalena Łukowicz, Karolina Gemza, and Kamil Kalinowski for their joint research effort.
This work would not have been possible without the financial support of The National Centre for Research and Development under the Lider grant program.
Our paper is available online (open access):
Aleksandra K. Korzeniewska, Magdalena Łukowicz, Kamil Kalinowski, Karolina Gemza, and Mateusz Szatkowski, “Optical vortex trajectories as probes for wavefront aberrations“, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 42, 938-944 (2025).