• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 68, Issue 21, 214206-1 (2019)
Yi-Ming Peng1, Yu Xue1, Guang-Zong Xiao2, Tao Yu1, Wen-Ke Xie1、*, Hui Xia1, Shuang Liu1, Xin Chen1, Fang-Lin Chen1, and Xue-Cheng Sun1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 2College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.68.20190880 Cite this Article
    Yi-Ming Peng, Yu Xue, Guang-Zong Xiao, Tao Yu, Wen-Ke Xie, Hui Xia, Shuang Liu, Xin Chen, Fang-Lin Chen, Xue-Cheng Sun. Spiral spectrum analysis and application ofcoherent synthetic vortex beams[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(21): 214206-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The vortex beam is a ring-shaped beam whose center intensity or axial intensity is zero in the propagation direction and whose phase has a spiral rising or falling gradient distribution, which is also called a dark hollow beam. Vortex beams have important applications in free-space optical communication, optical micromanipulation, quantum information processing, optical measurement, super-resolution imaging, laser processing, and material processing. In recent years, with the in-depth research on vortex beams, the application requirements for high-power vortex beams also increase. High-power and high-quality vortex beam can be obtained by coherent combining technology. However, the spiral spectrum characteristics of the vortex beam generated by coherent combining technology need further exploring. In this paper, based on the theory of spectral analysis, we derive the position and magnitude of the spiral phase spectral component of the coherent synthetic vortex beam. The numerical results verify the correctness of the theoretical derivation. Based on the above spectral analysis theory, the mode purity of the target synthesis topology charge can be used as the evaluation function to evaluate quality and optimize the parameters for the coherent synthetic vortex beam, and then to quantitatively guide the coherent synthesis of the vortex beam. The results show that with the increase of the number of sub-beams and the radius of the beam waist of the source plane, the reduction of the radius of the bundle ring and the mode purity of the target synthesis topology charge can be improved, and then we can obtain the high-quality vortex beam. This is consistent with the conclusion obtained by using traditional evaluation functions such as power in the bucket. The spiral spectrum analysis of the coherent synthetic vortex beam not only makes up for the lack of evaluation of the spiral phase synthesis effect by the traditional evaluation function, but also has certain reference significance for understanding the nature of the coherent synthesis technique.
    Yi-Ming Peng, Yu Xue, Guang-Zong Xiao, Tao Yu, Wen-Ke Xie, Hui Xia, Shuang Liu, Xin Chen, Fang-Lin Chen, Xue-Cheng Sun. Spiral spectrum analysis and application ofcoherent synthetic vortex beams[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(21): 214206-1
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