Determination of topological charges of polychromatic optical vortices. Academic Article

abstract

• We introduce a simple, single beam method for determination of the topological charge of polychromatic optical vortices. It is based on astigmatic transformation of singular optical beams, where the intensity pattern of a vortex beam acquires a form of dark stripes in the focal plane of a cylindrical lens. The number of the dark stripes is equal to the modulus of the vortex topological charge, while the stripe tilt indicates the charge sign. We demonstrate experimentally the effectiveness of this technique by revealing complex topological structure of polychromatic singular beams.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

• Denisenko, V., Shvedov, V., Desyatnikov, A. S., Neshev, D. N., Krolikowski, W., Volyar, A., Soskin, M., & Kivshar, Y. S.

citation count

• 114

complete list of authors

• Denisenko, Vladimir||Shvedov, Vladlen||Desyatnikov, Anton S||Neshev, Dragomir N||Krolikowski, Wieslaw||Volyar, Alexander||Soskin, Marat||Kivshar, Yuri S

publication date

• December 2009

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Express  Journal

keywords

• Color
• Computer Simulation
• Light
• Models, Theoretical
• Refractometry
• Scattering, Radiation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.17.023374

start page

• 23374

end page

• 23379

volume

• 17

issue

• 26

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.023374