Karimi, Ebrahim and Piccirillo, Bruno and Marrucci, Lorenzo and Santamato, Enrico (2009) Light propagation in a birefringent plate with topological charge. [Pubblicazione in rivista scientifica]
Full text not available from this repository.Item Type: | Pubblicazione in rivista scientifica | ||||||||||
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Lingua: | English | ||||||||||
Title: | Light propagation in a birefringent plate with topological charge | ||||||||||
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Autore/i: | E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato | ||||||||||
Date: | 2009 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 3 | ||||||||||
Department: | Scienze fisiche | ||||||||||
Identification Number: | 10.1364/OL.34.001225 | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | OPTICS LETTERS | ||||||||||
Date: | 2009 | ||||||||||
Volume: | 34 | ||||||||||
Number: | 8 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1225-1227 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 3 | ||||||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords: | optical vortex, orbital angular momentum, light propagation | ||||||||||
Identification Number: | 10.1364/OL.34.001225 | ||||||||||
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2010 06:57 | ||||||||||
Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2014 19:43 | ||||||||||
URI: | http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7619 |
Abstract
We calculated the Fresnel paraxial propagator in a birefringent plate having topological charge q at its center, named “q-plate.” We studied the change of the beam transverse profile when it traverses the plate. An analytical closed form of the beam profile propagating in the q-plate can be found for many important specific input beam profiles. We paid particular attention to the plate having a topological unit charge and found that if small losses due to reflection, absorption, and scattering are neglected, the plate can convert the photon spin into orbital angular momentum with up to 100% efficiency provided the thickness of the plate is less than the Rayleigh range of the incident beam.
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