Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate resonance of first-order vector vortex beams (VVB) with a triangular optical cavity. We also show that, due to their symmetry properties, the VVBs commonly known as radial and azimuthal beams do not resonate at the same cavity length, which could be explored to use the triangular resonator as a mode sorter. In addition, an intracavity Pancharatnam phase shifter (PPS) is implemented in order to compensate for any birefringent phase that the cavity mirrors may introduce.

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Title
Resonance of vector vortex beams in a triangular optical cavity
Author
Rodrigues, L. M. 1 ; Marques Fagundes, L. 1 ; Salles, D. C. 2 ; dos Santos, G. H. 3 ; Kondo, J. M. 1 ; Souto Ribeiro, P. H. 1 ; Khoury, A. Z. 4 ; Medeiros de Araújo, R. 1 

 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Física, Florianópolis, Brazil (GRID:grid.411237.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 7235) 
 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Física, Florianópolis, Brazil (GRID:grid.411237.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 7235); Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (GRID:grid.460789.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 4910 6535) 
 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Física, Florianópolis, Brazil (GRID:grid.411237.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 7235); Universidad de Concepción, Millennium Institute for Research in Optics, Concepción, Chile (GRID:grid.5380.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 9663) 
 Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Física, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.411173.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 6919) 
Pages
10542
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3052296813
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.