Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture
Abstract
Here, diffraction patterns of an optical vortex through several shaped apertures reveal its topological charge. In this letter, we theoretically and experimentally show that diffraction of a Laguerre Gaussian beam through a circular aperture at an off-axis position can be used to determine the magnitude and sign of the topological charge. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a simple circular aperture has been used to detect orbital angular momentum of an incident optical vortex.
- Authors:
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki (Japan); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1363080
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1348968
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACC-17-2423; DOE/OR/23177-4080
Journal ID: ISSN 0146-9592; OPLEDP
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0146-9592
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; apertures; diffraction; optical vortices; computer holography
Citation Formats
Taira, Yoshitaka, and Zhang, Shukui. Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1364/OL.42.001373.
Taira, Yoshitaka, & Zhang, Shukui. Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.001373
Taira, Yoshitaka, and Zhang, Shukui. Wed .
"Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.001373. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1363080.
@article{osti_1363080,
title = {Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture},
author = {Taira, Yoshitaka and Zhang, Shukui},
abstractNote = {Here, diffraction patterns of an optical vortex through several shaped apertures reveal its topological charge. In this letter, we theoretically and experimentally show that diffraction of a Laguerre Gaussian beam through a circular aperture at an off-axis position can be used to determine the magnitude and sign of the topological charge. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a simple circular aperture has been used to detect orbital angular momentum of an incident optical vortex.},
doi = {10.1364/OL.42.001373},
journal = {Optics Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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