Orbital angular momentum beam diffraction through a dynamic single slit

Authors

  • Jadze Princeton Casilana Narag National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Nathaniel Hermosa, II National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We investigated the single slit diffraction of Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams of different topological charges and derived a relation between the topological charge and the phase difference of the endpoints of the slit. We showed that for odd l there is a central minimum in the diffraction pattern while for even l there is a maximum. Experimentally, we used a digital micromirror device as a dynamic slit and a spatial light modulator to produce the LG beams. Our results show that a dynamic single slit can be used to probe the orbital angular momentum of LG beams.

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Article ID

SPP-2018-PC-30

Section

Poster Session C (Mathematical Physics, Optics, and Interdisciplinary Topics)

Published

2018-05-25

How to Cite

[1]
JPC Narag and N Hermosa, Orbital angular momentum beam diffraction through a dynamic single slit, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 36, SPP-2018-PC-30 (2018). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2018-PC-30.