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Quadrefringence of optical vortices in a uniaxial crystal

Optics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

The splitting of a single optical vortex into four separate ones in a singular beam is theoretically and experimentally described for the propagation of light obliquely through a uniaxial crystal. Also we found the condition under which the new-born vortices in each four individual beams propagate independently without dislocation reactions and have different locations in all beams for any crystal lengths.

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@article{arxiv.0802.3438,
  title  = {Quadrefringence of optical vortices in a uniaxial crystal},
  author = {T. Fadeyeva and A. Rubass and Yu. Egorov and A. Volyar and G. Swartzlander},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.3438},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 8 figures