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Area of Science:

  • Optics and Photonics
  • Quantum Information Science

Background:

  • Coherence vortices exhibit unique optical properties.
  • Topological charge is a key characteristic of optical vortices.
  • Instability in vortex beams complicates their application.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a correlation rule for topological charge in intensity correlation between coherence vortices.
  • To demonstrate a method for obtaining stable integer vortices from potentially unstable beams.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical intensity correlation was employed.
  • Speckle patterns were used to scramble and unveil phase information.
  • A novel correlation rule was established and verified.

Main Results:

  • The topological charge from intensity correlation is bounded by the individual vortex charges.
  • Stable integer coherence vortices can be generated.
  • The method is effective even with unstable, non-integer input vortex beams.

Conclusions:

  • The established correlation rule provides a robust method for topological charge determination.
  • This technique offers a pathway to generate stable optical vortices for advanced applications.