articleOptics LettersFeb 12, 2013Closed access

Generation of the “perfect” optical vortex using a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator

ASAndrey S. OstrovskyCRCarolina Rickenstorff-ParraoVAVíctor Arrizón

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla · National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics

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Abstract

We introduce the concept of the perfect optical vortex whose dark hollow radius does not depend on the topological charge. It is shown analytically and experimentally that such a vortex can be approximately generated in the Fourier transforming optical system with a computer-controlled liquid-crystal spatial light modulator.

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  • Spatial light modulator
  • Optics
  • Optical vortex
  • Vortex
  • Physics
  • Topological quantum number
  • Liquid crystal
  • Fourier transform
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