Optical Rankine Vortex
Optics
2012-08-27 v1
Abstract
Rankine vortex charateristics of a partially coherent optical vortex are explored using classical and physical optics. Unlike a perfectly coherent vortex mode, the circulation is not quantized. Excess circulation is predicted owing to the wave nature of the composite vortex fields. Based on these findings we propose a vortex stellar interferometer.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.0037,
title = {Optical Rankine Vortex},
author = {Grover A. Swartzlander, and Raul I. Hernandez-Aranda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0037},
year = {2012}
}