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The precession of vortex-beams in a rotating uniaxial crystal

Optics 2008-10-14 v1

Abstract

We consider theoretically and experimentally the precession of the optical vortex in a singular beam propagating nearly perpendicular to the crystal optical axis, the beam and the crystal axis rotating with different angular velocities. The precession is a result of different scales along the major axes in a uniaxial crystal. Also we analyze the properties of the optical reducer consisting of two rotating crystals and a wave retarder between them permitting us to control the form of the vortex trajectory.

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@article{arxiv.0810.2153,
  title  = {The precession of vortex-beams in a rotating uniaxial crystal},
  author = {Tatyana Fadeyeva and Alexander Rubass and Bogdan Sokolenko and Alexander Volyar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.2153},
  year   = {2008}
}

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3 pages, 5 figures