Detection of mixed OAM states via vortex breakup Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Elsevier B.V. We study the tilted lens technique for measuring the topological charge (TC) of an optical vortex and investigate how this technique works for optical vortices in mixed orbital angular momentum states (i.e. when one beam contains several components with different values of TC). We present experimental results and theoretical simulations for the measurement of the TC of mixed states. We investigate two different cases: when coherent interference (or addition) between components is present and when it is absent (incoherent addition). We discover that this technique is suitable for measuring the TC of the dominant component of a mixed state.

authors

• Sokolov, Alexei

published proceedings

• PHYSICS LETTERS A

author list (cited authors)

• Shutova, M., Zhdanova, A. A., & Sokolov, A. V.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Shutova, Mariia||Zhdanova, Alexandra A||Sokolov, Alexei V

publication date

• January 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics  Journal

keywords

• Mixed Oam States
• Optical Vortices
• Topological Charge

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.physleta.2016.09.031

start page

• 408

end page

• 412

volume

• 381

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.physleta.2016.09.031