Highly localized continuous wave optical vortex with controllable orbital angular momentum orientation and topological charge

We report an approach to simultaneously control orbital angular momentum (OAM) orientation and topological charge in highly localized optical vortices by employing a 4π focusing system. The required continuous wave illumination field in the pupil planes is derived by superimposing the radiation patt...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2023-10, Vol.31 (21), p.34503-34513
Hauptverfasser: Zeng, Yongxi, Chen, Jian, Teng, Houan, Mo, Dewei, Wu, Pinghui, Chen, Musheng, Yu, Yanzhong, Zhan, Qiwen
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We report an approach to simultaneously control orbital angular momentum (OAM) orientation and topological charge in highly localized optical vortices by employing a 4π focusing system. The required continuous wave illumination field in the pupil planes is derived by superimposing the radiation pattern of only one dipole placed at the focal point of the high numerical aperture lens and the corresponding tailored spiral phase factor. The topological charge and OAM orientation of the obtained focused fields are quantitatively evaluated based on the focal field distributions calculated by the Richards-Wolf vector diffraction integration theory. Results show that the OAM of the generated optical vortices can be tailored by changing the oscillation orientation of the mimic dipole and the topological charge of the superimposed spiral phase term. The presented method may find potential applications in optical trapping, optical tweezers, light-matter interaction, etc.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.501003