Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of acoustic vortex beams with the aid of an acoustic spiral phase plate and an acoustic grating having a fork-like bifurcation of its slits. The acoustic vortex beam generated in this manner influences the particles floating on a water surface and rotates them. Our experiments show that the intensity of the acoustic vortex beam increases from zero in its center to a certain maximal value near the shell of the beam. The phase of the beam changes by the angle ${2}\pi$ whenever the azimuthal angle is changed by the same value. We also study acousto-optic diffraction of the optical beam by the acoustic beam bearing a vortex and demonstrate that each of the appropriate diffraction maxima are split into two maxima. The latter correspond to diffraction by the elementary acoustic rays which are close to the opposite edges of the acoustic vortex beam. A dark region between the maxima appears due to destructive interference of the elementary optical rays originated from the diffraction by the opposite sides of the acoustic vortex beam, which are phase-shifted by $\pi$.

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