Efficient beam converter for the generation of high-power femtosecond vortices. Academic Article

abstract

• We describe an optical beam converter for an efficient transformation of Gaussian femtosecond laser beams to single- or double-charge vortex beams. The device achieves a conversion efficiency of 75% for single- and 50% for double-charge vortex beams and can operate with high-energy broad bandwidth pulses. We also show that the topological charge of a femtosecond vortex beam can be determined by analyzing its intensity distribution in the focal area of a cylindrical lens.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Shvedov, V. G., Hnatovsky, C., Krolikowski, W., & Rode, A. V.

citation count

• 53

complete list of authors

• Shvedov, Vladlen G||Hnatovsky, Cyril||Krolikowski, Wieslaw||Rode, Andrei V

publication date

• August 2010

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• Amplifiers, Electronic
• Anisotropy
• Computer Simulation
• Equipment Design
• Lasers
• Normal Distribution
• Optics And Photonics
• Oscillometry
• Time Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OL.35.002660

start page

• 2660

end page

• 2662

volume

• 35

issue

• 15

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.35.002660

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy