Victor V. Kotlyar is the head of the Laboratory at the Image Processing Systems Institute, National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute» and a professor of Computer Science at Samara National Research University. He obtained his M.S., Ph.D., and Dr.Sc. degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Samara State University (1979), Saratov State University (1988), and the Moscow Central Design Institute of Unique Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences (1992), respectively. He is a member of SPIE and OSA and has co-authored 400 scientific papers, 7 books, and 7 inventions. His current research interests include diffractive optics, gradient optics, nanophotonics, and optical vortices.Alexey A. Kovalev graduated from Samara National Research University in 2002 with a major in Applied Mathematics and earned his Doctorate in Physics and Mathematics in 2012. He is a senior researcher at the Laser Measurements Laboratory at the Image Processing Systems Institute, National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute». He has co-authored over 270 scientific papers and is particularly interested in mathematical diffraction theory, photonic crystal devices, and optical vortices.Anton G. Nalimov completed his undergraduate studies at Samara National Research University in February 2003 and pursued postgraduate studies in "Mathematical Modeling and Program Complexes," earning his degree in Optics in 2006. He serves as an associate professor in the Technical Cybernetics department at Samara National Research University and works as a scientist at the Image Processing Systems Institute, National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute».
