Perfect Laguerre-Gauss beams
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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Abstract:
Perfect vortex beams (PVBs) have intensity distributions independent of their topological charges. We propose an alternative formulation to generate PVBs through Laguerre-Gauss beams (LGBs). Using the connection between Bessel and LGBs, we formulate a modified LGB that mimics the features of a PVB, the perfect LGB (PLGB). The PLGB is closer to the ideal PVB, maintaining a quasi-constant ring radius and width. Furthermore, its number of rings can be augmented with the order of the Laguerre polynomial, showing an outer ring independent of the topological charge. Since the PLGB comprises a paraxial solution, it is closely related to an experimental realization, e.g., using spatial light modulators [Phys. Rev. A100, 053847 (2019)PLRAAN1050-294710.1103/PhysRevA.100.053847].
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