Nonlinear generation of broadband polarisation vortices

作者:Ramachandran Siddharth*; Smith Christian; Kristensen Poul; Balling Peter
来源:Optics Express, 2010, 18(22): 23212-23217.
DOI:10.1364/OE.18.023212

摘要

Polarisation-vortex beams over a broad wavelength region are generated by nonlinear transformation of a radially-polarized mode in a specially-designed optical fiber. The beams are produced by stimulated Raman scattering from 20-ns 1064-nm laser pulses, and up to the 4(th) order Stokes shift is observed. Measurements of polarization-selected intensity profiles of individual Stokes components show that the generated light maintains the desired spatial intensity distribution and radial polarization of the pump mode. At the highest pump power, 300 W, the process creates a coherent vortex beam from 1064 nm to 1310 nm, which is a span of nearly 250 nm.

  • 出版日期2010-10-25