Abstract
In this paper, we propose a new type of rotational Doppler shift measurement based on the OAM of light which is capable of measuring the rotation of a point source in the plane orthogonal to the observer line of sight. By analysing the correlations between OAM states of light emitted by rotating sources, the rotational Doppler shift, and hence the rate of rotation, can be measured. We demonstrate that an OAM interferometer capable of extracting the rotational Doppler shift from OAM correlations can be constructed from a standard OAM modesorter combined with a phase filter.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 21159-21170 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Sep 2017 |
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Neo, R., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., & Molina-Terriza, G. (2017). OAM interferometry: the detection of the rotational Doppler shift. Optics Express, 25(18), 21159-21170. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.021159