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Variations of topological charge of vortex beam based on a diffraction plate with spiral transmission structures
Abstract:
The phenomenon of vortex beams passing through a diffraction plate with rotationally symmetric superposition of spiral pinholes array is investigated. The variations of the topological charges of vortex beams are theoretically analyzed, numerically simulated and experimentally observed. It proves that the obtained topological charge value (l) is a combination of that of incident beam (l0) and the number of the spiral structures (m). The relationship is l = Mm-l0, where M is an integer. With this study, we proved that spiral transmission structures can also achieve the variations of the topological charge of a vortex beam. And this method is simple and costless. With the advantages of this method, it might have important applications in optical communications and optical tweezers.
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