Reply to Comment by K. Forbes on "The super-chirality of vector twisted light" by M. Babiker, J. Yuan, K. Koksal and V. E. Lembessis; Optics Communications 554, 130185 (2024)

Abstract

We respond to the recent comment in Optics Communications by Kayn Forbes on our recent Optics Communications article and we maintain that, contrary to what Forbes claims, substantial superchirality exists as a property of the $m\geq 1$ higher order Poincare modes. Forbes arguments are based on misconceptions and analytical errors, leading to erroneous results and unjustified criticism.Comment: Reply to arXiv:2403.13495, which is itself a comment on arXiv:2301.0520