Abstract The concept of a quadratic vortex beam is proposed, in which phase term of the beam is given by exp(i mθ2). The phase of the quadratic vortex beam increases with azimuthal angle nonlinearly. This change in phase produces several unexpected effects. Unlike the circularly symmetric beam spot of normal vortex beams, the intensity distribution of the quadratic vortex beam is shown to be asymmetric. The phase singularities will shift in the transverse beam plane on propagation.
Received: 12 March 2011
Revised: 15 August 2011
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61178015), the Nurturing Program of National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. JB-ZR1126), and the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. SKL ST200912).
Corresponding Authors:
Pu Ji-Xiong,jixiong@hqu.edu.cn
E-mail: jixiong@hqu.edu.cn
Cite this article:
Chen Zi-Yang(陈子阳) and Pu Ji-Xiong(蒲继雄) Propagation dynamics and experimental observation of quadratic vortex beam 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 024201
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