Young's double-slit interference pattern from a twisted beam

被引：52
作者：
Emile, Olivier [1 ]
Emile, Janine [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Rennes 1, LPL, URU 435, F-35042 Rennes, France
[2] Univ Rennes 1, IPR, CNRS, UMR 6251, F-35042 Rennes, France
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2014年 / 117卷 / 01期
关键词：
ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE; OPTICAL-VORTEX; LASER-BEAMS; LIGHT; DIFFRACTION;
D O I：
10.1007/s00340-014-5859-1
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A wide range of diffractive elements have been used to evaluate the topological charge of Laguerre-Gaussian beams. Here, we show theoretically and experimentally that this charge can be simply and readily measured from the interference pattern in Young's double-slit experiment. It can be evaluated from the twisting order of the interference. The results are confronted with previously published studies. The potentialities of the method are then compared with existing techniques.
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页码：487 / 491
页数：5
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