中国物理B ›› 2008, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (5): 1743-1751.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/5/034
吕百达1, 程 科2, 刘普生2
Cheng Ke(程科), Liu Pu-Sheng(刘普生), and Lü Bai-Da(吕百达)†
摘要: Taking two Laguerre--Gaussian beams with topological charge l=±1 as an example, this paper studies the composite optical vortices formed by two noncollinear Laguerre--Gaussian beams with different phases, amplitudes, waist widths, off-axis distances, and their propagation in free space. It is shown by detailed numerical illustrative examples that the number and location of composite vortices at the waist plane are variable by varying the relative phase β, amplitude ratio η, waist width ratio \textitζ, or off-axis distance ratio μ. The net topological charge lnet is not always equal to the sum lsum of charges of the two component beams. The motion, creation and annihilation of composite vortices take place in the free-space propagation, and the net charge during the propagation remains unchanged and equals to the net charge at the waist plane.
中图分类号: (Wave optics)