Beams of photons with nonzero projections of orbital angular momenta: new results

BA Knyazev, VG Serbo - Physics-Uspekhi, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Solving Maxwell's equations in cylindrical coordinates yields states in quantum theory with
definite values of energy ℏω, longitudinal momentum ℏk z, and total angular momentum …

High-power Bessel beams with orbital angular momentum in the terahertz range

YY Choporova, BA Knyazev, GN Kulipanov… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
In this paper, we have performed experimental, analytical, and numerical studies of beams
with topological charges of±1 and±2 formed by silicon binary phase axicons (BPAs) with …

Fraunhofer diffraction of light with orbital angular momentum by a slit

QS Ferreira, AJ Jesus-Silva, EJS Fonseca… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We study the Fraunhofer diffraction problem while taking into account the orbital angular
momentum of light. In this case, the phase singularity of the light beam is incident on the slit …

Recovering the vorticity of a light beam after scattering

GR Salla, C Perumangattu, S Prabhakar… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We generate optical vortices and scatter them through a rough surface. However, the
scattered light passing through a lens shows the same vorticity when probed at the Fourier …

Diffraction of orbital angular momentum carrying optical beams by a circular aperture

A Ambuj, R Vyas, S Singh - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Far field diffraction of Laguerre–Gauss vortex (LGV) beams of different angular momentum
index by a circular aperture placed at different locations with respect to incident beam waist …

Unveiling square and triangular optical lattices: a comparative study

JG Silva, AJ Jesus-Silva, MARC Alencar… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We study square and triangular optical lattice formation using a diffraction technique with
light-possessing orbital angular momentum (OAM). We demonstrate that it is possible to use …

Пучки фотонов с ненулевой проекцией орбитального момента импульса: новые результаты

БА Князев, ВГ Сербо - Успехи физических наук, 2018 - ufn.ru
Решение уравнений Максвелла в цилиндрических координатах приводит в квантовой
теории к состояниям с определённой энергией ho, продольным импульсом hkz и …

Split in phase singularities of an optical vortex by off-axis diffraction through a simple circular aperture

Y Taira, S Zhang - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Diffraction patterns of an optical vortex through several shaped apertures reveal its
topological charge. In this Letter, we theoretically and experimentally show that diffraction of …

Angular diffraction of an optical vortex induced by the Gouy phase

HX Cui, XL Wang, B Gu, YN Li, J Chen… - Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the diffraction of an optical vortex, when half of the beam is blocked by a knife
edge. The Gouy phase is shown to influence the diffraction pattern strongly, in particular …

Stability of higher order optical vortices produced by spatial light modulators

A Kumar, P Vaity, J Bhatt, RP Singh - Journal of Modern Optics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The stability of higher charge optical vortices generated with a spatial light modulator is
investigated. It is observed that higher charge vortices split into an array of unit charge …