Fig. 1. Simulated phase distribution of interference field
[26] Fig. 2. Experimental diagram and interference fringe pattern of Michelson interferometer
[26]. (a) Diagram of Michelson interferometer; (b) fork fringe pattern
Fig. 3. Experimental diagram and interference fringe pattern of Mach-Zehnder interferometer
[26]. (a) Diagram of Mach-Zehnder interferometer; (b) fork fringe pattern
Fig. 4. Fork fringe pattern
[27] Fig. 5. Schematic of experimental setup using TN-LCSLM
[34] Fig. 6. Optical vortex array illuminator, vortex beam array intensity, and interference fringe diagram
[34]. (a) Hexagonal optical vortex array illuminator; (b) light intensity of vortex beam array; (c) fork fringe pattern
Fig. 7. Diffraction grating
[35]. (a) Grating A; (b) grating B
Fig. 8. Intensity, phase, and interference fringe diagrams of vortex beam array
[35]. (a) Point array of beam intensity; (b) phase distribution; (c) fork fringe pattern
Fig. 9. Schematic diagram of optical wedge diffraction method
[36] Fig. 10. Simulation results of two columns of optical vortexes with opposite topological charge generated by single wedge
[36] Fig. 11. Transformation relation diagram and transformation scheme diagram of mode converter
[37]. (a) Transformation relation between flower-like LG mode and crisscrossed HG mode; (b) transformation scheme between flower-like LG mode and crisscrossed HG mode
Fig. 12. Intensity and phase diagrams of vortex beam array
[37]. (a) Vortex beam array intensity distribution; (b) vortex beam array phase distribution
Fig. 13. Experimental result
[38] Fig. 14. Schematic of experimental optical path
[38] Fig. 15. Experimental diagram for OAM array encoding/decoding and distribution of beam arrays
[39]. (a) Schematic of experimental optical path; (b) Gaussian beam arrays; (c) vortex beam arrays; (d) topological charge of vortex beam arrays
Fig. 16. Rectangular vortex beam array with
M rows and
N columns
[40] Fig. 17. Hologram and experimental interference fringes of vortex beam array
[40]. (a) Hologram of vortex beam array; (b) interference fringes of vortex beam array
Fig. 18. Schematic of experimental system
[42] Fig. 19. Schematic of multi-channel vortex beam generator using metasurface
[51] Fig. 20. Vortex beam arrays obtained by experiment and simulation
[51] Method | Advantage | Disadvantage |
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Interferometry | Simple experimental device, high contrast of vortex beam array | Experimental complexity, system instability | Talbot effect method | High compression ratio of vortex arrays, easy operation | Grating position has a great influence on quality of beam array | Optical wedge diffraction method for beam array | Adjustable vortex beam array spacing | Complication of wedge making process, multistage diffraction at edge of wedge, double edge diffraction caused by wedge tilt | Mode conversion method | High conversion efficiency | Complication of optical structure, difficulty in device preparing, difficulty to control types and parameters of vortex beam array | Dammann vortex grating method | Three-dimensional vortex array with adjustable topological charge, high purity of vortex arrays | Higher requirement for surface quality of grating, expensive, difficult to process | Computational holography method | Easy operation, variable parameters of the vortex array | High requirement for computer speed and storage | Spatial light modulation method | Easy operation, variable beam shape in a vortex array | Requirement for space light modulator with high quality and high price | Metamaterial pattern method | Miniaturization, high quality vortex array | High price |
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Table 1. Comparison of various methods