Discontinuities in the electromagnetic fields of vortex beams in the complex source-sink model

Vikartofsky, Andrew; Pi, Liang-Wen; Starace, Anthony F.

doi:10.1103/physreva.95.053826

Title: Discontinuities in the electromagnetic fields of vortex beams in the complex source-sink model

Journal Article · Tue May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.95.053826· OSTI ID:1535742

Vikartofsky, Andrew ^[1]; Pi, Liang-Wen ^[1]; Starace, Anthony F. ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

An analytical discontinuity is reported in what was thought to be the discontinuity-free exact nonparaxial vortex beam phasor obtained within the complex source-sink model. This discontinuity appears for all odd values of the orbital angular momentum mode. Such discontinuities in the phasor lead to nonphysical discontinuities in the real electromagnetic field components. We identify the source of the discontinuities, and provide graphical evidence of the discontinuous real electric fields for the first and third orbital angular momentum modes. Additionally, a simple means of avoiding these discontinuities is presented.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-96ER14646

OSTI ID:: 1535742

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1356272

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 95, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9926

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Country of Publication:: United States

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