Vortex sheets in optical and coherence fields

Wei Wang; Kentaro Chiba; Steen G. Hanson; Mitsuo Takeda

doi:10.1117/12.765492

25 January 2008 Vortex sheets in optical and coherence fields

Wei Wang, Kentaro Chiba, Steen G. Hanson, Mitsuo Takeda

Proceedings Volume 6905, Complex Light and Optical Forces II; 690506 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.765492
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2008, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Instead of the well-known line type of phase singularities in optical and coherence fields, we introduce a new concept of what we call Vortex Sheet into singular optics. This vortex sheet has a surface topological structure, on which the phase of the scalar optical or the coherence fields becomes undefined with zero amplitude. Some properties related to these surface topological deformations, such as optical and coherence surface flow, are investigated both theoretically and experimentally for the first time.

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Wei Wang, Kentaro Chiba, Steen G. Hanson, and Mitsuo Takeda "Vortex sheets in optical and coherence fields", Proc. SPIE 6905, Complex Light and Optical Forces II, 690506 (25 January 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.765492

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