Intracavity vortex beam generation

Darryl Naidoo; Kamel Aït-Ameur; Andrew Forbes

doi:10.1117/12.902330

7 September 2011 Intracavity vortex beam generation

Darryl Naidoo, Kamel Aït-Ameur, Andrew Forbes

Proceedings Volume 8130, Laser Beam Shaping XII; 813009 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902330
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we explore vortex beams and in particular the generation of single LG_0l modes and superpositions thereof. Vortex beams carry orbital angular momentum (OAM) and this intrinsic property makes them prevalent in transferring this OAM to matter and to be used in quantum information processing. We explore an extra-cavity and intra-cavity approach in LG_0l mode generation respectively. The outputs of a Porro-prism resonator are represented by "petals" and we show that through a full modal decomposition, the "petal" fields are a superposition of two LG^0l modes.

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Darryl Naidoo, Kamel Aït-Ameur, and Andrew Forbes "Intracavity vortex beam generation", Proc. SPIE 8130, Laser Beam Shaping XII, 813009 (7 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902330

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