Dynamics of the dislocation reactions in the single-axis crystals

Alexander V. Volyar; Tatyana A. Fadeyeva; Yuriy A. Egorov

doi:10.1117/12.545874

3 December 2003 Dynamics of the dislocation reactions in the single-axis crystals

Alexander V. Volyar, Tatyana A. Fadeyeva, Yuriy A. Egorov

Proceedings Volume 5257, Ninth International Conference on Nonlinear Optics of Liquid and Photorefractive Crystals; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545874
Event: 2003 Chapter books, 2003, Bellingham, WA, United States

Abstract

Until the present time it is commonly supposed that optical vortices (screw or edge wavefront dislocations) are generated either by natural or artificial phase nonuniformity (phase masks, compute-generated holograms, optical edges and so on) located on a light beam way (or inside a laser cavity). A nonuniformly polarized beam is regarded as a field with a fine wave structure, bearing vector singularities such as disclinations, C-lines and L-surfaces without connection with optical vortices. Nevertheless, as it will be shown later on the fine polarization field structure can be transformed under certain conditions into typical phase singularities - optical vortices and vice versa. Moreover, the energy efficiencies of these transformations are considerably higher and constructions of corresponding devices are more simpler than those connected with the usual vortex generation. The aim of the given paper is experimentally and theoretically to study a singular field structure of a light beam after the single-axis crystal in order to reveal the physical mechanism of polarization and phase transformations.

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Alexander V. Volyar, Tatyana A. Fadeyeva, and Yuriy A. Egorov "Dynamics of the dislocation reactions in the single-axis crystals", Proc. SPIE 5257, Ninth International Conference on Nonlinear Optics of Liquid and Photorefractive Crystals, (3 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545874

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