High energy vortices generation by volume phase holograms and breaking into spiraling beams in air

Author

Sola, I.J. ; Collados, M.V. ; Plaja, L. ; Román, San J. ; Méndez, C. ; Arias, I. ; Delgado, D. ; Díaz, V. ; Ruiz, C. ; García, A. ; Roso, L.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Salamanca, Salamanca

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The generation of high power vortices by using volume phase holographic elements is reported. The overall transmission of the vortex generation system is around 20% for lambda=800 nm, because of the difference between recording wavelength (lambda=633 nm) and the reconstruction one. Experimental evolution of transversal profile of intensity when the vortex is focused loosely in air showed the vortex splitting into two beams, which rotate around the vortex center.

Keywords

holography; laser beams; nonlinear optics; optical focusing; optical vortices; high power vortices generation; reconstruction wavelength; recording wavelength; volume phase holographic elements; vortex center; vortex generation system transmission; vortex splitting; Argon; Gas lasers; Gases; Gratings; Holography; Laser beams; Micromachining; Optical propagation; Power generation; Spinning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386322

Filename

4386322