Generation and spatiotemporal characterization of ultrashort vortex pulses

M. Miranda, M. Kotur, P. Rudawski, C. Guo, A. Harth, A. L'Huillier, C. L. Arnold

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Abstract

Some light beams rotate as they propagate. If it is not the polarization vector, but the phase structure that rotates, the beam is said to carry orbital angular momentum (OAM). Such beams exhibit a helical phase front, where the phase rotates around a symmetry center. Because the phase in the center is undefined (and the intensity there is therefore zero), it is often termed a phase singularity or optical vortex by analogy to superfluidic vortices. Vortex beams [1,2] and more specifically ultrashort (few cycle) vortex pulses [3] have recently attracted strong interest.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Electronic)9781467374750
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 2015 Jun 212015 Jun 25

Conference

Conference2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period2015/06/212015/06/25

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

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