Measuring the OAM spectrum of a fractional helical beam in a single shot

Tushar Sarkar; Jiapeng Cai; Xiang Peng; Wenqi He

doi:10.1364/PRJ.538320

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 11, 2726(2024)

Measuring the OAM spectrum of a fractional helical beam in a single shot

Tushar Sarkar^1,3, Jiapeng Cai¹, Xiang Peng¹, and Wenqi He^1,2、*

¹Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Measurement and Detection, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³e-mail: tusharsarkar.sarkar@gmail.com

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Aug. 1, 2024

Accepted: Sep. 14, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 1, 2024

The Author Email: Wenqi He (he.wenqi@qq.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.538320

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