Measuring vortex charge with a triangular aperture

作者:de Araujo Luis E E*; Anderson Matthew E
来源:Optics Letters, 2011, 36(6): 787-789.
DOI:10.1364/OL.36.000787

摘要

A triangular aperture illuminated with a vortex beam creates a truncated lattice diffraction pattern that identifies the charge of the vortex. In this Letter, we demonstrate the measurement of vortex charge via this approach for vortex beams up to charge +/- 7. We also demonstrate the use of this technique for measuring femtosecond vortices and noninteger vortices, comparing these results with numerical modeling. It is shown that this technique is simple and reliable, but care must be taken when interpreting the results for the noninteger case.

  • 出版日期2011-3-15