Generation of single-charge optical vortices with an uniaxial crystal

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2006-05-01

Authors

Volyar, Alexander
Shvedov, Vladlen
Fadeyeva, Tatyana
Desyatnikov, Anton S
Neshev, Dragomir
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
Kivshar, Yuri

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Optical Society of America

Abstract

We implement a novel experimental technique for generating mono- and polychromatic optical beams with on-axis single vortex by manipulating polarization singularities of light in birefringent crystals. We demonstrate that, in contrast to the well-known optical quadrupoles generated by beams propagating along the optical axis of a uniaxial crystal, the beam bearing isolated single-charge on-axis vortex can be generated if the incident beam is tilted with respect to the optical axis at a certain angle.

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coherence, coherent optical effects, phase

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Optics Express 14.9 (2006): 3724-3729

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Optics Express

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