The curious arithmetic of optical vortices

Gabriel Molina-Terriza; Jaume Recolons; Lluis Torner

The curious arithmetic of optical vortices

Gabriel Molina-Terriza^*, Jaume Recolons, Lluis Torner

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Abstract

The superposition of noncoaxial light beams containing screw wave-front dislocations is shown to create light patterns with a richer vortex content than that given by the arithmetic of the topological charges of the individual beams. We report the experimental observation of this phenomenon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1135-1137
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	16
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2000
Externally published	Yes

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