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]

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Item Type:	Pubblicazione in rivista scientifica
Lingua:	English
Title:	Light propagation in a birefringent plate with topological charge
Creators:	Creators Email Karimi, Ebrahim UNSPECIFIED Piccirillo, Bruno UNSPECIFIED Marrucci, Lorenzo UNSPECIFIED Santamato, Enrico UNSPECIFIED
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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