Coherence vortices by binary pinholes
Singularity in a two-point complex coherence function, known as coherence vortices, represents zero visibility with a helical phase structure. In this paper, we introduce a novel technique to generate the coherence vortices of different topological charges by incoherent source transmittance with exo...
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| description | Singularity in a two-point complex coherence function, known as coherence vortices, represents zero visibility with a helical phase structure. In this paper, we introduce a novel technique to generate the coherence vortices of different topological charges by incoherent source transmittance with exotic structured binary pinholes. The binary pinhole structures have been realized by lithography, followed by wet etching methods. We control the transmittance from the incoherent source plane using these exotic apertures, which finally results in a coherence vortex spectrum that features multiple and pure orbital angular momentum modes. The generation of the coherence vortices is achieved within the two-point complex spatial coherence function. The spatial coherence function exhibits the helical phase profile in its phase part, and its absolute part shows a doughnut-shaped structure. A theoretical basis is developed and validated with simulation, and experimental results. The coherence vortex spectra with OAM modes superposed with opposite topological charges, known as photonic gears, are also generated with the proposed theory. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0fb92713f4744f18e17dd84e6adb60e2025-02-10T13:24:47ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142024-10-0113244397440710.1515/nanoph-2024-0380Coherence vortices by binary pinholesGautam Akanksha0Agarwal Amit K.1Singh Rakesh Kumar2Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Metrology, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi221005, IndiaPhotonics Division, Instruments R&D Establishment, Dehradun248001, IndiaLaboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Metrology, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi221005, IndiaSingularity in a two-point complex coherence function, known as coherence vortices, represents zero visibility with a helical phase structure. In this paper, we introduce a novel technique to generate the coherence vortices of different topological charges by incoherent source transmittance with exotic structured binary pinholes. The binary pinhole structures have been realized by lithography, followed by wet etching methods. We control the transmittance from the incoherent source plane using these exotic apertures, which finally results in a coherence vortex spectrum that features multiple and pure orbital angular momentum modes. The generation of the coherence vortices is achieved within the two-point complex spatial coherence function. The spatial coherence function exhibits the helical phase profile in its phase part, and its absolute part shows a doughnut-shaped structure. A theoretical basis is developed and validated with simulation, and experimental results. The coherence vortex spectra with OAM modes superposed with opposite topological charges, known as photonic gears, are also generated with the proposed theory.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0380coherence vorticestopological chargeorbital angular momentumspatial coherence |
| spellingShingle | Gautam Akanksha Agarwal Amit K. Singh Rakesh Kumar Coherence vortices by binary pinholes Nanophotonics coherence vortices topological charge orbital angular momentum spatial coherence |
| title | Coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| title_full | Coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| title_fullStr | Coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| title_short | Coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| title_sort | coherence vortices by binary pinholes |
| topic | coherence vortices topological charge orbital angular momentum spatial coherence |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0380 |
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