Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 6, 060005(2021)

Directly generating vortex beams in the second harmonic by a spirally structured fundamental wave

Jun Li1、*, Haigang Liu2、**, Yan Li1, Xianping Wang3, Minghuang Sang3, and Xianfeng Chen2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science and Technology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, Department of Physics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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    Category: Special Issue on Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Devices

    Received: Jan. 7, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 26, 2021

    Published Online: Apr. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Jun Li (junlee@jxnu.edu.cn), Haigang Liu (liuhaigang@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.060005

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