Holographic generation and orbital angular momentum of high-order Mathieu beams

We report the first experimental generation of high-order Mathieu beams and confirm their propagation invariance over a limited range. In our experiment we use a computer-generated phase hologram. The peculiar behavior of the vortices in Mathieu beams gives rise to questions about their orbital-angu...

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Published inJournal of optics. B, Quantum and semiclassical optics Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. S52 - S57
Main Authors Chávez-Cerda, S, Padgett, M J, Allison, I, New, G H C, Gutiérrez-Vega, J C, O’Neil, A T, MacVicar, I, Courtial, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.04.2002
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ISSN1464-4266
1741-3575
DOI10.1088/1464-4266/4/2/368

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Summary:We report the first experimental generation of high-order Mathieu beams and confirm their propagation invariance over a limited range. In our experiment we use a computer-generated phase hologram. The peculiar behavior of the vortices in Mathieu beams gives rise to questions about their orbital-angular-momentum content, which we calculate by performing a decomposition in terms of Bessel beams. (Author)
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ISSN:1464-4266
1741-3575
DOI:10.1088/1464-4266/4/2/368