Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 54, Issue 12, 120006(2017)
All-Solid-State Vortex Lasers Based on Intra-Cavity Mode Selection and Its Handedness-Control
Vortex lasers are the optical beams possessing intensity center of zero and orbital angular momentum. In recent years, generation of the vortex lasers and chirality-control techniques get more and more attention due to their unique applications in particle manipulation, information communication and super-resolution imaging, etc. The techniques of the vortex lasers directly generated from solid-state cavities are summarized, and the corresponding merits and drawbacks are respectively analyzed. Then, the optical field distributions of opposite-handedness vortex lasers in the standing wave cavity are derived through theoretical simulation. Finally, based on the field distribution characteristics of vortex lasers with different handednesses, the handedness-control techniques for vortex lasers directly generated are reviewed, and their principles and technical proposals are further compared and analyzed.
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Ding Manman, Liu Qiyao, Zhao Yongguang, Shen Deyuan. All-Solid-State Vortex Lasers Based on Intra-Cavity Mode Selection and Its Handedness-Control[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2017, 54(12): 120006
Category: Reviews
Received: May. 23, 2017
Accepted: --
Published Online: Dec. 11, 2017
The Author Email: Yongguang Zhao (yongguangzhao@yeah.net)