Title :
Plasmonic-based techniques to generate and detect optical vortex beams
Author :
Genevet, Patrice ; Lin, Jiao ; Yu, Nanfang ; Aieta, Francesco ; Kats, Mikhail A. ; Blanchard, Romain ; Gaburro, Zeno ; Scully, Marlan O. ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Ultra-thin and integrated photonic devices based on optical phase discontinuities can generate optical vortices with a variety of topological charges, as well as sort out vortex beam topological charges by means of holographic gratings.
Keywords :
holographic gratings; integrated optics; optical vortices; plasmonics; holographic gratings; integrated photonic devices; optical phase discontinuities; optical vortex beams; optical vortices; plasmonic-based techniques; topological charges; ultra-thin photonic devices; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beams; Optical interferometry; Optical vortices; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
