Holographic generation and orbital angular momentum of high-order mathieu beams

Chavez-Cerda, S., Padgett, M.J. , Allison, I., New, G.H.C., Gutierrez-Vega, J.C., O'Neil, A.T., MacVicar, I. and Courtial, J. (2002) Holographic generation and orbital angular momentum of high-order mathieu beams. Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 4(2), S52 -S57. (doi: 10.1088/1464-4266/4/2/368)

Abstract

We report the first experimental generation of high-order Mathieu beams and confirm their propagation invariance over a limited range. In our experiment we use a computer-generated phase hologram. The peculiar behaviour of the vortices in Mathieu beams gives rise to questions about their orbital-angular-momentum content, which we calculate by performing a decomposition in terms of Bessel beams.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Courtial, Dr Johannes and New, Prof Geoffrey and MacVicar, Mr Ian and Padgett, Professor Miles
• Authors: Chavez-Cerda, S., Padgett, M.J., Allison, I., New, G.H.C., Gutierrez-Vega, J.C., O'Neil, A.T., MacVicar, I., and Courtial, J.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
• Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd.
• ISSN: 1464-4266
• ISSN (Online): 1741-3575
• Published Online: 08 March 2002