中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (10): 104201-104201.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/10/104201

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Half-plane diffraction of Gaussian beams carrying two vortices of equal charges

何德3, 吕百达1, 高曾辉2   

  1. (1)Institute of Laser Physics and Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China; (2)Key Laboratory of Computational Physics of Sichuan Province, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China; (3)Key Laboratory of Computational Physics of Sichuan Province, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China; Department of Physical Science and Electronic Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-02-25 修回日期:2011-04-29 出版日期:2011-10-15 发布日期:2011-10-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10874125) and the Foundation of Education Department of Sichuan Province of China (Grant No. 10ZA063).

Half-plane diffraction of Gaussian beams carrying two vortices of equal charges

He De(何德)a)b),Gao Zeng-Hui(高曾辉) a)† , and Lü Bai-Da(吕百达)c)   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Computational Physics of Sichuan Province, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China; b Department of Physical Science and Electronic Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China; c Institute of Laser Physics and Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • Received:2011-02-25 Revised:2011-04-29 Online:2011-10-15 Published:2011-10-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10874125) and the Foundation of Education Department of Sichuan Province of China (Grant No. 10ZA063).

摘要: This paper derives explicit expressions for the propagation of Gaussian beams carrying two vortices of equal charges m=±1 diffracted at a half-plane screen, which enables the study of the dynamic evolution of vortices in the diffraction field. It shows that there may be no vortices, a pair or several pairs of vortices of opposite charges m=+1, -1 in the diffraction field. Pair creation, annihilation and motion of vortices may appear upon propagation. The off-axis distance additionally affects the evolutionary behaviour. In the process the total topological charge is equal to zero, which is unequal to that of the vortex beam at the source plane. A comparison with the free-space propagation of two vortices of equal charges and a further extension are made.

关键词: two vortices of equal charges, diffraction at a half-plane screen, dynamic evolution

Abstract: This paper derives explicit expressions for the propagation of Gaussian beams carrying two vortices of equal charges m=±1 diffracted at a half-plane screen, which enables the study of the dynamic evolution of vortices in the diffraction field. It shows that there may be no vortices, a pair or several pairs of vortices of opposite charges m=+1, -1 in the diffraction field. Pair creation, annihilation and motion of vortices may appear upon propagation. The off-axis distance additionally affects the evolutionary behaviour. In the process the total topological charge is equal to zero, which is unequal to that of the vortex beam at the source plane. A comparison with the free-space propagation of two vortices of equal charges and a further extension are made.

Key words: two vortices of equal charges, diffraction at a half-plane screen, dynamic evolution

中图分类号:  (Wave optics)

  • 42.25.-p
42.25.Bs (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)