Optical vortex generation with wavelength tunability based on an acoustically-induced fiber grating

Wending Zhang, Keyan Wei, Ligang Huang, Dong Mao, Biqiang Jiang, Feng Gao, Guoquan Zhang, Ting Mei, Jianlin Zhao

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Abstract

We presented a method to actualize the optical vortex generation with wavelength tunability via an acoustically-induced fiber grating (AIFG) driven by a radio frequency source. The circular polarization fundamental mode could be converted to the first-order optical vortex through the AIFG, and its topological charges were verified by the spiral pattern of coaxial interference between the first-order optical vortex and a Gaussian-reference beam. A spectral tuning range from 1540 nm to 1560 nm was demonstrated with a wavelength tunability slope of 4.65 nm/kHz. The mode conversion efficiency was 95% within the whole tuning spectral range.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19278-19285
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume24
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Aug 2016

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