부산대학교 도서관

We generate perfect optical vortex (POV) beams, whose intensity distribution is independent of the order, and scatter them through a rough surface. We show that the size of produced speckles is independent of the order of the POV and their Fourier transform gives the random non-diffracting fields. The invariant size of speckles over the free space propagation verifies their non-diffracting or non-diverging nature. The size of speckles can be easily controlled by changing the axicon parameter, used to generate the Bessel–Gauss beams whose Fourier transform provides the POV. These results may be useful in applications of POV for authentication in cryptography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]