Orbital Angular Momentum in Noncollinear Second Harmonic Generation by off-axis vortex beams
Optics
2015-05-28 v1
Abstract
We experimentally study the behavior of orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light in a noncollinear second harmonic generation (SHG) process. The experiment is performed by using a type I BBO crystal under phase matching conditions with femtosecond pumping fields at 830 nm. Two specular off-axis vortex beams carrying fractional orbital angular momentum at the fundamental frequency (FF) are used. We analyze the behavior of the OAM of the SH signal when the optical vortex of each input field at the FF is displaced from the beam's axis. We obtain different spatial configurations of the SH field, always carrying the same zero angular momentum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.1571,
title = {Orbital Angular Momentum in Noncollinear Second Harmonic Generation by off-axis vortex beams},
author = {Fabio Antonio Bovino and Matteo Braccini and Maurizio Giardina and Concita Sibilia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.1571},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
9 pages, 7 figures