Making optical vortices with computer-generated holograms

被引:133
作者
Carpentier, Alicia V. [1 ]
Michinel, Humberto [1 ]
Salgueiro, Jose R. [1 ]
Olivieri, David [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Vigo, Fac Ciencias Ourense, Area Opt, ES-32004 Orense, Spain
[2] Univ Vigo, Dept Linguaxes & Sistemas Informat, ES-32004 Orense, Spain
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10.1119/1.2955792
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
An optical vortex is a screw dislocation in a light field that carries quantized orbital angular momentum and, due to cancellations of the twisting along the propagation axis, experiences zero intensity at its center. When viewed in a perpendicular plane along the propagation axis, the vortex appears as a dark region in the center surrounded by a bright concentric ring of light. We give detailed instructions for generating optical vortices and optical vortex structures by computer- generated holograms and describe various methods for manipulating the resulting structures. (c) 2008 American Association of Physics Teachers.
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页码:916 / 921
页数:6
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