Generation of Cylindrical Vector Beams and Optical Vortex in a Solid-Core Ring Fiber Based on an Acoustically Induced Fiber Grating

Wending Zhang, Xin Li, Lu Zhang, Ligang Huang, Fanfan Lu, Feng Gao

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Abstract

We present a method for achieving the cylindrical vector beams (CVBs) and optical vortex generation in a solid-core ring fiber (SCRF) by using an acoustically induced fiber grating (AIFG). Theoretical analysis shows that the SCRF can introduce a refractive index difference of ∼10-5 between the first group of adjacent high-order degenerate vector modes. In the experiment, the transmission spectra of AIFG constructed with the SCRF depicts three separate resonance peaks with 3-dB bandwidth and resonance wavelength interval of 0.16 and 2.5 nm, respectively, revealing that the high-order degenerate vector modes have been effectively separated. On the basis of the separation of the degenerate vector mode, the CVBs and the ±1-order optical vortex are further experimentally generated at three separate wavelengths using the AIFG.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8675382
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume26
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • acoustooptic effects
  • fiber gratings
  • optical fiber devices
  • Optical fibers
  • optical vortices

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