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6 February 2009 Chain topological reactions in developing random light fields
Vasiliy Vasil'ev, Vlad Ponevchinsky, Marat Soskin
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It was investigated development of singular generic elliptic speckle patterns generated and driven by laser beam in LiNbO3:Fe crystal by quick-action stokes polarimetry. It is realized through totality of local topological transitions in random space-time point governed by smoothly varying control parameter (amplitude of funnel bottom in the place of forthcoming vortices pair nucleation). Vortices pair nucleates when zero amplitude value is reached. Total development of singular light fields proceeds through the direct and chain topological reactions. Direct reactions possess short spacetime loop trajectories. Chain reaction trajectory consists from sequence of singularities pair nucleation and annihilation with singularities from other pairs. They can finish generically on field borders only, don't touch and intersect. Existing wave front singularities are arranged in the topological network which plays role of its skeleton and keeps integrity during field development. Its genesis was realized in the speckle field appeared after PDLC cell with variable applied constant electric field. Nucleation of first optical vortices pairs was observed firstly.
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Vasiliy Vasil'ev, Vlad Ponevchinsky, and Marat Soskin "Chain topological reactions in developing random light fields", Proc. SPIE 7227, Complex Light and Optical Forces III, 72270A (6 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807696
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KEYWORDS
Spiral phase plates

Wavefronts

Speckle pattern

Speckle

Singular optics

Optical vortices

Crystals

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