Generation of vortex array laser beams with Dove prism embedded unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Shu-Chun Chu

doi:10.1117/12.808623

6 February 2009 Generation of vortex array laser beams with Dove prism embedded unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Shu-Chun Chu

Proceedings Volume 7227, Complex Light and Optical Forces III; 72270L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808623
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

This paper introduces a scheme for generation of vortex laser beams from a solid-state laser with off-axis laser-diode pumping. The proposed system consists of a Dove prism embedded in an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration. This configuration allows controlled construction of p × p vortex array beams from Ince-Gaussian modes, IG^e_p,p modes. An incident IG^e _p,p laser beam of variety order p can easily be generated from an end-pumped solid-state laser with an off-axis pumping mechanism. This study simulates this type of vortex array laser beam generation and discusses beam propagation effects. The formation of ordered transverse emission patterns have applications in a variety of areas such as optical data storage, distribution, and processing that exploit the robustness of soliton and vortex fields and optical manipulations of small particles and atoms in the featured intensity distribution.

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Shu-Chun Chu "Generation of vortex array laser beams with Dove prism embedded unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer", Proc. SPIE 7227, Complex Light and Optical Forces III, 72270L (6 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808623

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