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5 March 2021 Generation and reconstruction of structured light
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Abstract
The structuring of laser light with non-diffracting vector distributions, optical vortices, or high angular momentum are being increasing exploited. We present a system for the synthesis of these arbitrary intensity and phase profiles through a number of carrier-envelope-phase stabilized coherent frequency and spatial combs. Adjusting the differences between adjacent combs allows synthesis of a combined field which can be structured, directed, and improved in the presence of propagation noise. Additionally, we present a method for the optimization of such systems in free space with a Fourier optics based genetic algorithm that converges to <π/10 accuracy of the initial parameters.
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Randy Lemons, Wei Liu, Steve Smith, Joe Frisch, and Sergio Carbajo "Generation and reconstruction of structured light", Proc. SPIE 11672, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXIII, 116720B (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577935
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KEYWORDS
Spiral phase plates

Structured light

Free space

Optical vortices

Particles

Optical communications

Optical imaging

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