• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 12, 120002 (2023)
Jordan Adams1,2 and Andy Chong3,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45434, United States
  • 2Optics and Photonics, Riverside Research Institute, Beavercreek, Ohio 45431, United States
  • 3Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-Gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.120002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jordan Adams, Andy Chong, "Tilted spatiotemporal optical vortex with partial temporal coherence [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 120002 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report the experimental and theoretical investigation of tilted spatiotemporal optical vortices with partial temporal coherence. The theoretical study shows that the instantaneous spatiotemporal optical vortex is widely variable with the statistical orbital angular momentum (OAM) direction. While decreasing temporal coherence results in a larger variability of OAM tilt, the average OAM direction is relatively unchanged.

    L(t0)=Vr×Imag(ψ*ψ)dV,

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    L=1TL(t0)dt01T|L(t0,σω=0)dt0|,

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    ϕ(t0)=arctan(Ly(t0)Lx(t0))

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    θ(t0)=arctan((Lx(t0))2+(Ly(t0))2Lz(t0))

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    I(x,y,τ)=|Eo(x,y,t)+Er(x,y,t+τc)|2dt,

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    Jordan Adams, Andy Chong, "Tilted spatiotemporal optical vortex with partial temporal coherence [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 120002 (2023)
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