Optical vortices in strongly scintillated beams

Mingzhou Chen, Chris Dainty

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Abstract

Opitcal vortices can not be removed with a conventional adaptive optics system. However, vortices can annihilate in pairs after a least-squares correction. This phenomenon can be explained by vortex plasma and confirmed with numerical simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2009
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2009 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 30 Aug 20093 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period30/08/093/09/09

Keywords

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Beam propagation
  • Optical vortex
  • Vortex plasma

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