Gyrotropic Crystals as a Basis for Creation of Helical Polychromatic Singular Beams

Abstract

In this work, studies are carried out in the field of optical singular beams that have passed through gyrotropic crystals. We have experimentally shown that singular beams with a helical intensity distribution are formed when passing through a system of two gyrotropic crystals with opposite values of the gyration coefficient. It is shown that the system is capable of generating optical vortices with a double topological charge in one of the components of circular polarization when light propagates through two gyrotropic crystals.

Keywords

• polychromatic singular beams
• gyrotropic crystals
• topological charge