The curious arithmetic of optical vortices
Optics Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 16, pp. 1135-1137 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.001135
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Abstract
The superposition of noncoaxial light beams containing screw wave-front dislocations is shown to create light patterns with a richer vortex content than that given by the arithmetic of the topological charges of the individual beams. We report the experimental observation of this phenomenon.
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OCIS Codes
(120.4820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical systems
(170.4520) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical confinement and manipulation
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
Citation
Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Jaume Recolons, and Lluis Torner, "The curious arithmetic of optical vortices," Opt. Lett. 25, 1135-1137 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-25-16-1135
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