Quantitative orbital angular momentum measurement of perfect vortex beams
arXiv:1902.04547 · doi:10.1364/OL.44.002736
Abstract
Perfect (optical) vortices (PVs) have the mooted ability to encode orbital angular momentum (OAM) onto the field within a well-defined annular ring. Although this makes the near-field radial profile independent of OAM, the far-field radial profile nevertheless scales with OAM, forming a Bessel structure. A consequence of this is that quantitative measurement of PVs by modal decomposition has been thought to be unviable. Here, we show that the OAM content of a PV can be measured quantitatively, including superpositions of OAM within one perfect vortex. We outline the theory and confirm it by experiment with holograms written to spatial light modulators, highlighting the care required for accurate decomposition of the OAM content. Our work will be of interest to the large community who seek to use such structured light fields in various applications, including optical trapping and tweezing, and optical communication.
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