Maria Isabella M. Mendoza

CourseIV – BS Physics
ClusterStructured Light & Applications
AdviserNathaniel P. Hermosa, II

Research interests

I currently study light beams carrying “vortices”, though generated from modified helical phase distribution.

BS Thesis – ongoing

Vortex beams with fractional topological charge and incomplete phase

SPP articles

M. I. M. Mendoza, N. Hermosa, and N. Zambale Simon. Gaussian
component of beams with fractional topological charge. In Proceed-
ings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas, volume 42, pages SPP–
2024–2C–04, 2024.

N. Z. Simon, M. I. Mendoza, and N. Hermosa. Vortex beams from
incomplete holograms and phases. In Proceedings of the Samahang
Pisika ng Pilipinas, volume 42, pages SPP–2024–PD–17, 2024.

Non-research interests

I play the piano and like listening to music. I also exercise and dance from time to time.