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Simple, efficient and reliable characterization of Laguerre-Gaussian beams with non-zero radial indices in diffraction from an amplitude parabolic-line linear grating
Author(s) -
Saifollah Rasouli,
Somaye Fathollazade,
Pouria Amiri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.435116
Subject(s) - diffraction , optics , physics , amplitude , grating , beam (structure) , gaussian beam , gaussian , ptychography , diffraction grating , laguerre polynomials , diffraction efficiency , quantum mechanics
In this work, we report the characterization of a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam with given values of topological charge (TC) and radial index in a simple, efficient, and robust experimental diffraction scheme. The beam diffracts from an amplitude parabolic-line linear grating and the resulting diffraction patterns at zero- and first-order reveals the values of the TC, l, and radial index p of the incident LG beam using a simple analysis. The zero-order diffraction pattern consists of p + 1 concentric intensity rings and the first-order diffraction pattern contains an (l + p + 1) by (p + 1) two-dimensional array of intensity spots. The experimental scheme is robust since it is not sensitive to the relative locations of the impinging beam axis and the grating center, and is efficient since most of the energy of the output beam is in the diffraction order of interest for LG beam characterization. The measurement is also simple since the intensity spots of the array are placed exactly over straight and parallel lines. Both experimental and simulation results are presented and are consistent with each other.

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