Generation of optical vortices in rotating uniaxial crystal for light propagation along the perpendicular to its optical axis

• Published in: Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics
• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Sokolenko, B.V., Rubass, A.F., Volyar, A.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики напівпровідників імені В.Є. Лашкарьова НАН України 2013
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/117812
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Generation of optical vortices in rotating uniaxial crystal for light propagation along the perpendicular to its optical axis / B.V. Sokolenko, A.F. Rubass, A.V. Volyar // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2013. — Т. 16, № 4. — С. 344-348. — Бібліогр.: 7 назв. — англ.

We have experimentally considered evolution of the Gaussian beam propagating nearly perpendicular to the uniaxial crystal axis. Also we have analyzed the spin and orbital angular momenta and found oscillations of the angular momentum when the crystal optical axis is rotated.