Transformation of Optical Vortex Beams by Holograms with Embedded Phase Singularity

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2009-08-18

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2523v1

Physics

Optics

12 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Spatial characteristics of diffracted beams produced by the "fork" holograms from incident circular Lauerre-Gaussian modes are studied theoretically. The complex amplitude distribution of a diffracted beam is described by models of the Kummer beam or of the hypergeometric-Gaussian beam. Physically, in most cases its structure is formed under the influence of the divergent spherical wave originating from the discontinuity in the beam spatial profile or its derivatives caused by the hologram's groove bifurcation. Presence of this wave is manifested by the ripple structure in the near-field diffracted beam profiles and in the power-law amplitude decay at the beam periphery. Conditions when the divergent wave is not excited are discussed. The diffracted beam carries a screw wavefront dislocation (optical vortex) whose order equals to algebraic sum of the incident beam azimuthal index and the topological charge of the singularity imparted by the hologram. The input beam singularity can be healed when the above sum is zero. In such cases the diffracted beam can provide better energy concentration in the central intensity peak than the Gaussian beam whose initial distribution coincides with the Gaussian envelope of the incident beam. Applications are possible for generation of optical-vortex beams with prescribed properties and for analyzing the optical-vortex beams in problems of information processing.

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