Open AccessGeneration and conversion of optical vortices in long-period twisted elliptical fibers
Author(s) -
C N Alexeyev,
Tatiana A. Fadeyeva,
B. P. Lapin,
M. A. Yavorsky
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 2155-3165
pISSN - 1559-128X
DOI - 10.1364/ao.51.00c193
Subject(s) - optics , optical vortex , topological quantum number , vortex , physics , period (music) , wavelength , optical fiber , range (aeronautics) , charge (physics) , materials science , quantum mechanics , beam (structure) , acoustics , composite material , thermodynamics
We theoretically demonstrate that long-period twisted elliptical fibers have the ability to change in a certain wavelength range the topological charge of the incoming field by two units. We also show that such fibers can generate charge-2 optical vortices from the incoming Gaussian beams.
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