Orbital angular momentum of an elliptic optical vortex embedded into the Gaussian beam
V.V. Kotlyar, A.A. Kovalev, A.P. Porfirev

 

Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS – Branch of the FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS Samara, Russia,
Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia

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Abstract:
We consider an elliptic optical vortex embedded into a Gaussian beam. For such a beam, explicit closed-form expressions are derived for the complex amplitude and the normalized orbital angular momentum (OAM). It is shown that the elliptic Gaussian vortex (EGV) has a fractional OAM. The maximal OAM value equal to the vortex topological charge n is achieved at zero ellipticity of the vortex. The major axis of the intensity ellipse in the beam cross section rotates in propagation, turning by a 90-degree angle from the initial plane to the focal plane of a spherical lens. There are n intensity nulls on the major axis of the EGV intensity ellipse. The distance between the nulls varies during the beam propagation and with changing degree of ellipticity. At a fixed degree of ellipticity, the distance between the intensity nulls is maximal in the focal plane. At zero ellipticity, all nulls are "gathering" into a single on-axis n-times degenerate intensity null. The experimental results are consistent with the theory.

Keywords:
orbital angular momentum, optical vortex, Gaussian beam, elliptic optical vortex.

Citation:
Kotlyar VV, Kovalev AA, Porfirev AP. Orbital angular momentum of an elliptic optical vortex embedded into the Gaussian beam. Computer Optics 2017; 41(3): 330-337. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2017-41-3-330-337.

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