Vortex beam formation by means of control of the piston shift of a fiber array

摘要

The intermediate results of the experiment on vortex laser beam synthesis based on coherent combining laser subbeams formed by a fiber collimators array are presented. The wave field results from interference of individual subbeams in this case and is determined by the phase relationships between them. A functional diagram of the experimental setup is given. The experimental results of synthesis of a laser beam with an orbital angular momentum are described. It is suggested to use a spiral phase plate to determine the sign of the topological charge of an optical vortex; the efficiency of this approach is estimated.