Title :
Generation of vortices using cracked glass plate
Author :
Kumar Singh, Brijesh ; Mehta, D.S. ; Senthilkumaran, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
Cracked glass plate is used to generate optical vortex beam. Fork fringes in the experimental results confirm the presence of vortices in the output beam. The phase map plot of fork fringes also confirms the presence of vortices exactly at the position of forks.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; cracks; glass; light diffraction; light interference; optical vortices; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; cracked glass plate; fork fringes; optical vortex beam; phase map plot; vortices;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
