A simple technique for determining the topological charge of supercontinuum optical vortices is presented. The spatial dispersion inherent to generating broadband vortices with a single forked grating is compensated with a double-pass arrangement from a single spatial light modulator. The vortex charge is determined by inspecting the diffraction pattern through a triangular aperture. It is shown that the topological charge is constant, and can be consistently measured, across a wide range of colors.
A simple technique for determining the topological charge of supercontinuum optical vortices is presented. The spatial dispersion inherent to generating broadband vortices with a single forked grating is compensated with a double-pass arrangement from a single spatial light modulator. The vortex charge is determined by inspecting the diffraction pattern through a triangular aperture. It is shown that the topological charge is constant, and can be consistently measured, across a wide range of colors.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.