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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Generation of high-order optical vortices using directly machined spiral phase mirrors
Geoff Campbell1, Boris Hage, Ben Buchler
1Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, Department of Quantum Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Abstract:
We report on the generation of high-order optical vortices by spiral phase mirrors (SPMs). The mirrors are produced by direct machining with a diamond tool and are shown to produce high-quality optical vortices with topological charges ranging from 1 to upwards of 100 at a wavelength of 532 nm. The direct machining technique is flexible and offers the promise of high-precision, large-diameter SPMs that are compatible with high optical powers.
