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  • 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • (Optica Publishing Group, 2017),
  • paper CA_2_2

Efficient Astigmatic Mode-Converter Based on Spherical Mirrors

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Abstract

Laguerre-Gaussian (LGmn) modes have several unique properties that lend them to applications in materials processing [1] and particle manipulation [2], among others. One characteristic that lends these modes to such applications is their ability to carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), as opposed to the spin angular momentum of beams that are circularly polarised. There are several techniques for creating these; one popular one exploits the Gouy phase shift through the use of cylindrical lenses [3]. The Gouy phase shift causes a phase shift in a Gaussian beam as it passes through a focus and is dependent on the Rayleigh range of the beam. Using cylindrical lenses to create an astigmatic focal point you can create a relative phase shift between the sagittal and tangential planes of the beam. As a LG01 can be modelled as two orthogonal first order Hermite-Gaussian (HG01) modes, π out of phase with each other, you can exploit this to convert between the two modes. Furthermore, depending on whether the HG01 mode is at +45° or −45° to the astigmatic axis it will create an LG01 mode with either clockwise or anticlockwise orbital angular momentum.

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