Title :
Topological aberration of phase singular light beams
Author :
Kumar, Ajit ; Vaity, P. ; Prabhakar, Sanjay ; Singh, Ram Pal
Author_Institution :
Phys. Res. Lab., Ahmedabad, India
Abstract :
Topological aberrations of optical vortices introduced by a spatial light modulator are discussed. In the presence of such an aberration, a high charge vortex breaks into equal number of unit charge vortices.
Keywords :
aberrations; laser beams; optical vortices; spatial light modulators; charge vortex; optical vortices; phase singular light beams; spatial light modulator; topological aberration;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1